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Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
biliary cirrhosis (PBC ... La) - Sjogren's syndrome ... polyangiitis U1-RNP antibody ... Endomyseal antibody ... diagnosis #table #rheumatology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Causes: • Hypertension ... Presyncope PVC ... A PAC also has a ... than a PVC ... more intensive treatment
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Causes of Fat Malabsorption ... - Differential ... • Autoimmune— PBC ... , PSC • Infection ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody ... , SSc, PBC/SSc OS ... , PBC/SjS OS ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... Malignancy, 1° PBC ... , 1° PSC, Cystic
Indications for ERCP
1. Biliary Tract Diseases:
 • Biliary obstruction: Choledocholithiasis, Malignant biliary strictures, Benign biliary strictures
biliary strictures (PSC ... pancreatitis (treatment ... fluid collections (PFC ... pancreatoscopy, Drainage of PFC ... #Indications #management
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... encephalomyelitis • MOG antibody-associated ... #inflammatory #differential
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Warm Antibody Autoimmune ... • Blood smear: Differential ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Algorithm Vascular Causes ... Autoimmune hepatitis, PBC ... , PSC, IgG4, HLH ... stone, Malignancy, PBC ... , PSC, Cystic fibrosis
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... Dilatation - Differential ... cyst, Caroli's disease ... sludge), Mirizzi's syndrome ... pancreatitis, PSC