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Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Etiologies of Cirrhosis ... - Wilson disease ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis ... #Causes
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Causes of Splenomegaly ... - Differential ... Congestive • Cirrhosis ... Spleen #Enlarged #Differential ... #Hematology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... - Differential ... disorders • Celiac disease ... effect following treatment ... #Hematology
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... or secondary to cirrhosis ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Etiology and Complications of Cirrhosis

#Causes #Complications #Cirrhosis #Differential #Pathophysiology #Hepatology
Complications of Cirrhosis ... #Causes #Complications ... #Cirrhosis #Differential ... #Pathophysiology ... #Hepatology
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... ) - Differential ... Classification #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... • Infiltrative diseases ... Veno-occlusive disease ... #Hypertension #Differential ... #hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's Disease ... Primary Biliary Cirrhosis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Approach to Anemia - Differential ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... Classification #Approach #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophilia - Differential ... myeloid leukemia (CML ... Colitis and Crohn’s Disease ... Irradiation • Cirrhosis ... #hematology #basophils