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Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Findings • ADEM -> Fever ... SOB, fatigue, fever ... N/V, elevated liver ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #pathophysiology
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... infection Cardinal Symptoms ... amebic abscess of liver ... or elevation of liver ... fluke, amebic liver
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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Liver Mass Differential ... Cystadenoma, Polycystic liver ... Echinococcus #Liver ... #Mass #Differential ... Diagnosis #hepatology #Radiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... hepatocytes → Liver ... malaise) → Acute liver ... Transfer to a liver ... #AFLP #Fatty #Liver
Liver Abscess - Differential Diagnosis
Pyogenic:
 • Hepatobiliary
 • Colonic
 • Bacteremia
Entamoeba histolytica:
 • Fecal/oral
 • Colitis
Liver Abscess - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Stool O+P, PCR, serology ... Darcy_ID_doc #Liver ... #Abscess #Differential
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis - Elevated Liver ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
IBD • Chronic liver ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Hepatic Masses on CT - Differential Diagnosis by CT Findings

Masses: Hemangioma, Adenoma, FNH, HCC, Fibrolamellar HCC,
Masses on CT - Differential ... Masses #CT #CTA #differential ... #diagnosis #liver ... #hepatology #radiology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... disturbance (obstructed liver ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... Most common symptoms ... disease - Bone symptoms
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver ... ongoing ↑ LFTs or symptoms ... of liver disease ... Drug #induced #Liver ... Idiosyncratic #differential