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Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... metastasis • ... Fatty liver of pregnancy
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... regenerative hyperplasia, Metastatic ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... necrosis HELLP Syndrome ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... features: Liver ... BrighamChiefs #Liver
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
on Neck POCUS with ... Differential/diagnosis ... case. ... in lungs ... #POCUS #Clinical
Hepatic Metastases on POCUS 
Patient with history of colon cancer presents with right flank pain. Focused
Note hepatic masses ... have multiple liver ... #Metastases #Liver ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #metastatic
Hepatic Metastases on POCUS 
Patient with history of colon cancer presents with right flank pain. Focused
Note hepatic masses ... have multiple liver ... #Metastases #Liver ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #metastatic
Multiple Hepatic Metastases on Liver POCUS
Another case of Stage 4 Colon CA patient with sepsis. Multiple
Multiple Hepatic ... Metastases on Liver ... case of Stage 4 ... #Metastases #Liver ... #clinical #metastatic
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... Injury: • Hepatic ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... CA, small cell lung
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
venous gas on hepatic ... reflection on the differential ... variety of other causes ... ultrasound #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... RBCs, muscle, liver ... injuries Hepatic ... elevated serum LDH level ... biomarker used in metastatic