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Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
Clinical Diagnosis ... of Autoimmune Hepatitis ... (Wilson disease ... SMA >1:80 #Autoimmune ... #Hepatitis #Diagnosis
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Injury - Ichemic hepatitis ... - Autoimmune ... hepatitis - Wilson ... disease - Hemochromatosis ... Differential #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
erythema 2) Face: Jaundice ... Xanthelasma and jaundiced ... Kayser-Fleischer rings in Wilson's ... Edema #biliary #physicalexam ... #signs #diagnosis
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... - Wilson disease ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's ... Disease • Amyloidosis ... • Autoimmune ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
Clinical diagnosis ... of Alcoholic Hepatitis ... ) • Onset of jaundice ... (Wilson disease ... #diagnosis #Alcoholic
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Ischemia • Autoimmune ... • Cholestatic disease ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Metabolic: Wilson ... Disease • Vascular ... obstruction syndrome • Autoimmune ... hepatitis • Iatrogenic
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's ... Disease, Alpha- ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
• Infections: Hepatitis ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's ... disease, Alpha- ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... HELLP, Celiac disease