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Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hydatid Cyst Malignant ... Adenoma • Abscess Malignant ... Lung, Colon, Breast ... #Causes
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cystadenoma • Malignant ... FNH, Adenoma • Malignant ... - secondary - Breast ... #Causes #Hepatology
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... - An Official ATS ... are any signs/symptoms ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm ... #Management #ATS
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... Infiltration: Often breast ... Biliary Stricture, Malignancy ... Biliary stone, Malignancy
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... = nonspecific (nausea ... Findings: • ↑AST ... • Monitor and Treat ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... Areas of diagnostic ... obstruction due to malignancy ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
white or yellow areas ... Spots Stage 4: Malignant ... around atrophic areas ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... suspected HH based on symptoms ... If other causes ... hemochromatosis #algorithm ... #diagnosis #management
Common Malignancies That Cause Ascites
The most common malignancies causing ascites are ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric
of malignant ascites ... association with malignant ... Breast Cancer ... Mechanisms of Malignant ... #Malignant #Ascites
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
wet (dependent areas ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... dialysis/CRRT, post-ATN ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #differential #causes