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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... or right upper quadrant ... pain, nausea, vomiting ... or right upper quadrant ... pain, nausea Choledocholithiasis
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Right Upper Quadrant ... Budd-Chiari syndrome Biliary ... "biliary colic") ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #right #upper #quadrant
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
musculoskeletal causes ... Lower quadrant ... genitourinary causes ... Non-Peritoneal • Biliary ... ulcer disease • Biliary
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
or right upper quadrant ... mass), the cause ... therefore presumes the cause ... pancreatic or biliary
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... tumor • Upper quadrant ... • Lower quadrant ... RUQ: • Biliary ... • Functional biliary
Causes of Abdominal Pain - By Location 

#Diagnosis #Abdominal #Pain #Differential #Localization #Location #Quadrants #Ddxof
Causes of Abdominal ... Localization #Location #Quadrants
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Right Upper Quadrant ... Pneumonia Left Upper Quadrant ... Pneumonia Right Lower Quadrant ... Dysmenorrhea Left Lower Quadrant ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... hepatitis - Acute biliary ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... Severe #Acute #Causes
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary ... Pruritus, Right upper quadrant ... #PBC #Primary #Biliary
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
abdomen Upper quadrant ... musculoskeletal causes ... Lower quadrant ... genitourinary causes