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Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Etiologies of Cirrhosis ... congenital - Primary biliary ... cirrhosis - α1 ... - Wilson disease ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Function Tests - Differential ... Ischemia, AIH, Wilsons ... AIH, A1AT def, Wilson's ... Congenital, Others, Cirrhosis ... - CBD stone, Biliary
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Liver Enzymes - Differential ... • Cholestatic disease ... Infiltrative • Cirrhosis ... Duct Stone • Biliary ... #LiverEnzymes #Differential
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
for Liver and Biliary ... Kayser-Fleischer rings in Wilson's ... Bruising, Edema #biliary ... #physicalexam # ... cirrhosis #liver
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
hepatitis - Acute biliary ... hepatitis - Wilson ... disease - Hemochromatosis ... - Primary biliary ... Acute #Causes #Differential
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's ... Disease • Amyloidosis ... Cholangitis • Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis #Hepatomegaly
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis (PBC) ... Pathophysiology: • T lymphocyte ... bile ducts Differential ... #Cirrhosis #PBC
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Ascites - Differential ... Chronic liver disease ... (cirrhosis or chronic ... failure - 3-5% Cirrhosis ... Failure, Pancreatic, Biliary
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's ... hepatitis, Acute biliary ... Extrahepatic • Biliary ... Liver #Injury #Differential
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... • Biliary ... Disease • ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... Noncardiac #Cardiology #Differential