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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Injury - Ichemic hepatitis ... injury - Viral Hepatitis ... - Autoimmune hepatitis ... - Wilson disease
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hemochromatosis • Wilson's ... Infectious • Hepatitis ... • Alcoholic Hepatitis ... • Autoimmune Hepatitis ... • Drug Induced Hepatitis
Diagnostic Scoring System for Wilson's Disease
 - Kayser-Fleischer rings (2 points)
 - Neurological symptoms (2 points)
Scoring System for Wilson's ... absence of acute hepatitis ... very unlikely #Wilsons
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Autoimmune • Wilson's ... • Drugs • Wilson's ... deficiency • Wilson's ... • Alcoholic hepatitis
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... liver disease - Wilson
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
• Metabolic: Wilson ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... Transaminases #hepatitis
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
Chronic Hepatitis ... serologic evidence of hepatitis ... LSY, Covert E, Wilson ... Chronic Hepatitis ... .2018.3795 #Chronic #HepatitisB
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
• Infectious: Hepatitis ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's ... NAFLD, Autoimmune hepatitis ... Pregnancy, Alcoholic Hepatitis ... Sepsis, Viral Hepatitis
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
of Autoimmune Hepatitis ... Possible ischemic hepatitis ... liver disease (Wilson ... #Autoimmune #Hepatitis
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis ... Possible ischemic hepatitis ... liver disease (Wilson ... diagnosis #Alcoholic #Hepatitis