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Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Tests (LFTs) - ... 100-500): • NAFLD ... Chronic Viral Hepatitis ... injury) • Ischemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... • Cholestatic disease ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... • Others #LFTs
NAFLD Diagnosis Algorithm
Two-step diagnostic strategy for NAFLD
1st step: 
  - Clinical biomarkers, scoring systems- FIB4,
Algorithm Two-step ... elastography #NonAlcoholic ... #Fatty #Liver # ... Disease #NAFLD # ... #hepatology #NASH
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
liver disease algorithm ... or liver disease ... liver disease; ... #Disease #NAFLD ... #Management #Hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... Hemochromatosis - Nonalcoholic ... fatty liver disease ... #Differential #Hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
• Vascular: Ischemic ... antitrypsin • Other: NAFLD ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis ... #LFTs #hepatitis
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Suspicion:
    ≤ 1 feature of
Liver Disease ( ... NFS ≥ -1.455 #NonAlcoholic ... #Fatty #Liver # ... Disease #NAFLD # ... #hepatology
Diagnostic flow-chart to assess and monitor disease severity in the presence of suspected NAFLD and metabolic
assess and monitor disease ... non-alcoholic fatty ... liver disease ... #Nonalcoholic # ... Steatohepatitis #Workup #Algorithm
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Malignant • Fatty ... Liver • Cysts ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's Disease ... #Causes #Hepatology
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Progression / Prognosis Timeline
 • 100 patients → (over 20+ years)
Non-Alcoholic Fatty ... Liver Disease ( ... NAFLD) Progression ... Burak @kwburak #NonAlcoholic ... Prognosis #Timeline #Hepatology