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Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Cholestatic Liver ... Disease: Primary ... Biliary Cirrhosis ... vs Primary Sclerosing ... pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
• Fatty Liver ... • Budd-Chiari Syndrome ... Sclerosing Cholangitis ... • Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis #Hepatomegaly
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
- Hepatic: • Cirrhosis ... disease • Acute liver ... biliary cholangitis ... • Primary sclerosing ... Protein-rich: • Malignancy
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
• Gilbert's Syndrome ... Compression • Malignancy ... Cholangiocarcinoma • Primary ... Sclerosing Cholangitis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Diagnosis Chronic liver ... 80% Underlying malignancy ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... Failure, Pancreatic, Biliary ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
congenital - Primary ... biliary cirrhosis ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... disease (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #Differential #Hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... sclerosis group ... - gallstone or malignancy ... #Primary #Biliary ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Cholestatic: Benign/malignant ... biliary obstruction ... , Primary biliary ... sclerosing cholangitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
The 6 C’s of Primary ... Sclerosing Cholangitis ... to multi-focal biliary ... disease management ... #summary #Hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
and hepatorenal syndrome ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... pregnancy • Primary ... biliary cirrhosis ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology