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Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... Infiltration: Often breast ... function may be abnormal ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Diagnosis The most common ... e.g., uptake by cells ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... Areas of diagnostic ... disease; T2DM, type ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... • Affects 1:25,000 ... disease • Liver ... - gastric and breast ... DDX - Other causes
Common Malignancies That Cause Ascites
The most common malignancies causing ascites are ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric
Common Malignancies ... - Signet ring cell ... type is especially ... Breast Cancer ... CARCINOMATOSIS - Tumor cells
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Pager Summary Type ... and detects in ... eruptions, diarrhea, liver ... potassium from lysed cells ... to inability to break
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
configuration Types ... Proteinuria • Can detect ... nephropathy is common ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... Diagnostic imaging of liver
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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myeloma • Plasma cell ... Sarcoidosis) • Liver ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell ... chain assay • An abnormal ... Comment on type
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
, a type of dendritic ... • Affects both ... areas include the ... Multisystem (High Risk) Liver ... organs like the liver