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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm ALP ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... Intestine - Other causes ... Malignancy Most common
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign Cystic 
 • Cyst
 • Polycystic Liver Disease
 • Caroli's
Liver Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lung, Colon, Breast ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Diagnosis Algorithm ... - secondary - Breast ... , Lung, Colon etc ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Tumor (Lung, Breast ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic ... The most common ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... Causes of Acute ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Enzyme Elevation
Commonly Observed Laboratory Findings in Hepatic / Liver Failure
 - Elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin -
Commonly Observed ... unconjugated bilirubin - Defects ... ALT and AST - Elevations ... Hyperammonemia - Impaired urea ... Hepatology #Laboratory #Diagnosis
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
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Algorithm Cornea ... Dry) Retina - Cotton ... - Visual field defects ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Hepatomegaly - Liver ... enzyme elevation ... infection - Most common ... subset counts ↓ • Liver ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... • Affects 1:25,000 ... disease • Liver ... - gastric and breast ... DDX - Other causes