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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... Acute Liver Injury ... - Wilson disease ... #Differential # ... Hepatology #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... #Injury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis ... #Causes
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Non-Malignant • Fatty Liver ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's Disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
of Sickle Cell Disease ... onset RUQ pain, jaundice ... Liver transplant ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology ... #hepatitis #differential
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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Liver Mass Differential ... disease, Biliary ... #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #Radiology
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Transaminitis - Differential ... Trauma: Shock liver ... Metabolic: Wilson Disease ... Diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Hepatic Masses on CT - Differential Diagnosis by CT Findings

Masses: Hemangioma, Adenoma, FNH, HCC, Fibrolamellar HCC,
Hepatic Masses on ... CT - Differential ... #CT #CTA #differential ... #diagnosis #liver ... #hepatology #radiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
(DIC, ascites, jaundice ... AP, ↑INR, ↑BUN/Cr ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral Hepatitis ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Elevated Liver Enzymes ... • Cholestatic disease ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes