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Liver Abscess Differential Diagnostic Algorithm

#Hepatic #Liver #Abscess #Infection #Diagnosis #Algorithm #Radiology #Differential #Hepatology
Liver Abscess Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... #Hepatic #Liver ... #Abscess #Infection ... #Hepatology
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Tests (LFTs) - Differential ... injury) • Ischemic ... ) • Non-hepatic ... Rhabdomyolysis, muscular ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... ischaemia, Autoantibody ... vascular disorder ... (e.g. ascites), ... #hepatology
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypertension - Hepatic ... disease • Acute liver ... #Hepatology #causes
Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) - Differential Diagnosis
High albumin gradient (>1.1 g/dl):
 - Cirrhosis	
 - Alcoholic
- Massive liver ... - Fulminant hepatic ... failure - Hepatic ... associated with bowel ischemia ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Traumatic • Ischemia ... • Neoplastic Abscess ... Involvement - Vascular ... - Excesses • Liver
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Constant Pain (Ischemia ... Thrombosis • Septic ... blood vessels • Abscess
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injury - Differential ... phalloides) • Vascular ... : Ischemic, Congestion ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Pleural Effusion - Differential ... Diaphragmatic: • Hepatic ... • Subphrenic abscess ... embolism • Collagen vascular ... #Hepatology #causes
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
• Mechanism: ischemic ... Avascular necrosis ... • Most common sites ... Osteomyelitis / Septic ... • Differentiate