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Pancreatic Pathology Review Cheatsheet
Congenital: Divisum, Common Channel, Annular
Neoplastic/Cystic: Serous Cystadenoma, Mucinous Serous Neoplasm, Solid and Pseudopap
Inflammatory: Acute + Chronic ... Pancreatitis, Autoimmune ... Pancreatitis, Groove ... Pancreatitis ... Cheatsheet #Diseases #Differential
Schema for Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Weight Loss without Inflammation:
 • Decreased Intake: Food
Weight Loss - Differential ... , Dementia • Chronic ... Malabsorption: SIBO, pancreatitis ... #Weight #Loss #Differential
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Extravascular: Pancreatitis, surgery, acute phosphate intake and renal
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... Extravascular: Pancreatitis ... Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Chronic ... #Hypocalcemia #Differential
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Wall Thickening - Differential ... conditions: Acute & chronic ... Acute hepatitis, Pancreatitis ... Gallbladder #Thickening #Differential
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential ... Diagnostic Schema Chronic ... inflammation (e.g. pancreatitis ... Ischemia #Schema #Differential
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Biliary Dilatation - Differential ... Inflammatory: Chronic ... pancreatitis, PSC ... Dilatation #causes #differential
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Hyperamylasemia)- Differential ... Complications pancreatitis ... Renal failure / Chronic ... Hyperamylasemia #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain - Differential ... disease (1,2) • Chronic ... pancreatitis ... Abdominal #Pain #Differential
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Chronic cholecystitis ... hepatitis, Acute pancreatitis ... Thickening #Causes #differential
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Hyponatremia - Differential ... fluids, Burns, Pancreatitis ... : • Acute or chronic ... #Hyponatremia #Differential