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Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute Liver ... Hepatocellular - Liver ... C, A, E, B, D, EBV ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... Artery: Shock Liver
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... Celiac disease • Autoimmune ... : Autoimmune hepatitis ... #differential #
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Hepatocellular Liver ... Injury → liver ... A/B/C/D/E, EBV, ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... Transaminitis #LFTs
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... normal - Infection (EBV ... #Patterns #Liver ... #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential #
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... • Ischemia • Autoimmune ... Bile Ducts • PSC ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... • Others #LFTs
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Transaminitis - Differential ... HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... Trauma: Shock liver ... obstruction syndrome • Autoimmune ... #Differential #
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
common in SLE, autoimmune ... hepatitis Anti-CCP ... Dermatomyositis Anti-LKM (liver ... biliary cirrhosis (PBC ... Celiac disease Anti-GBM
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Immunosuppression (e.g., HIV), EBV ... infection, Autoimmune ... the spleen or liver ... lymphadenopathy, mass ... #hematology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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acute HIV, HBV, EBV ... Sarcoidosis) • Liver ... Cirrhosis, ETOH, autoimmune ... hepatitis, PBC, ... PSC, Viral hepatitis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... Other Diseases: • PBC ... , autoimmune hepatitis ... #differential #