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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... Most common symptoms ... - Bone symptoms ... PSC - Other biliary ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary ... Algorithm Symptoms ... of autoimmune disease ... #PBC #Primary #Biliary ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... - Differential Diagnosis ... cyst, Caroli's disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hepatology #gastroenterology
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
hepatitis - Acute biliary ... hepatitis - Wilson disease ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... #Differential #Hepatology ... #Diagnosis
Signs of Chronic Liver Disease ( Cirrhosis )

#Diagnosis #Cirrhosis #Signs #Symptoms #Hepatology
Chronic Liver Disease ... Cirrhosis ) #Diagnosis ... Cirrhosis #Signs #Symptoms ... #Hepatology
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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Mass Differential Diagnosis ... Polycystic liver disease ... , Biliary cysts ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology #Radiology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
HPS-differential diagnosis ... Diseases of the ... Patients with liver disease ... HPS-severity classification ... Syndrome #HPS #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
congenital - Primary biliary ... - Wilson disease ... Venoocclusive disease ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic liver disease ... Failure, Pancreatic, Biliary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... PBC Signs and Symptoms ... but elevated as disease ... No extrahepatic biliary ... #workup #hepatology