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Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Ascites - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic liver ... disease (cirrhosis ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... Diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
- Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Liver disease ... - Nephrotic syndrome ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #hepatology #SAAG
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
- Differential ... • Infiltrative disease ... • Acute liver ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... of portal HTN: ascites ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... portal HTN: • Ascites
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
• Xerosis (dry skin ... disease Creatinine ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... Psychiatric Disease ... #generalized #dermatology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... Sided-Symptoms" (ascites ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential
Cutaneous manifestations associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
 • Myeloid hemopathy with the most frequent skin lesions (20%)
appearing during the disease ... #differential # ... diagnosis #dermatology ... #oncology #clinical ... #skin
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... deficiency • Liver ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome
Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) - Differential Diagnosis
High albumin gradient (>1.1 g/dl):
 - Cirrhosis	
 - Alcoholic
Gradient (SAAG) - Differential ... thrombosis (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Veno-occlusive disease ... connective tissue disease ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Dermatologic Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Skin involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is common and
Rarely dominate the clinical ... reticularis Differential ... • Goodpasture syndrome ... Polyangiitis #GPA #dermatology ... rash #diagnosis #rheumatology