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Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Disease: Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis vs Primary ... Cholangitis #pathophysiology ... #pbc #psc #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology
Environmental Risk Factors: Geographic location, Smoking, Microbial triggers, Xenobiotics, Nail polish
Epigentics Risk
Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology ... relative with PBC ... Cholestasis #PBC ... #Cirrhosis #Pathophysiology ... #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Cirrhosis (PBC) ... Pathophysiology ... Examination: • Skin ... #Cirrhosis #PBC ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Alpha & Mu) Skin ... POEMS (Sclerotic myeloma ... POEMS (Sclerotic myeloma ... +Organomegaly+↑RBC ... #Hematology #Monoclonal
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Autoimmune hepatitis, PBC ... lymphoma, melanoma, myeloma ... Extrahepatic - Biliary ... hepatitis: < 1 • Cirrhosis ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
CML (Chronic Myeloid ... • Neutrophils (myeloid ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... CLL -> Invade Skin ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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gammopathy, and skin ... Liver disease: Cirrhosis ... autoimmune hepatitis, PBC ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... differential #diagnosis #hematology