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Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Hepatocellular Pattern ... Viral, Ischemia, AIH ... - Viral, AIH ... Alcohol, Viral, HH, AIH ... dz Cholestatic Pattern
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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The fourth pattern ... attenuation or air-filled ... low attenuation pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... been reported (eg AIH-PBC ... , AIH diagnosis ... Autoimmune #Hepatitis #AIH
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
interstitial pneumonia (AIP ... The histologic pattern ... There are areas ... and extensive areas ... AIP.
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
pneumothorax or air ... tear Mediastinal air ... Gastrointestinal (GI) gas pattern ... chest (loculated air ... chestxray #trauma #diagnosis
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... or multifocal ill-defined ... the amount of air ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns
On the left a patient with DIP.
The HRCT shows diffuse areas of ground-glass density in the
a patient with DIP ... shows diffuse areas ... and some mosaic pattern ... smoking #Clinical #Radiology ... DesquamativeInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
scan: the mosaic pattern ... with areas of ground-glass ... attenuation and areas ... scan, indicating air ... with a mozaic pattern
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... evaluation of the pattern ... Areas of diagnostic ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
In the images on your left you can appreciate again the spectrum of findings seen in
density of the air ... fine reticular pattern ... as diagnosis. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD