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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Liver diseases ... and hepatitis ... levels are within normal ... DDX - Other causes ... #hematology #diagnosis
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Hemolytic anemia ... deficiency • Liver ... Associated - SLE, Sjogren's ... #hematology #rheumatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Causes of Acute ... Autoimmune: Autoimmune hepatitis ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... #injury #hepatitis ... #algorithm #hepatology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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hepatitis C) • ... ETOH, autoimmune hepatitis ... PBC, PSC, Viral hepatitis ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... #hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome ... Syndrome Diagnosis ... Ocular examination Labs ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... #Syndrome #Rheumatology