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Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Cholestatic Liver Disease ... : Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis vs Primary ... pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology ... #comparison
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis (PBC) ... #Cirrhosis #PBC ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... for workup, including ... blood loss, Acute hemolysis ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Causes of Anemia in Cirrhosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
LOW RETIC INDEX - ↓ PRODUCTION
 • Vitamin
Causes of Anemia in Cirrhosis ... PRODUCTION • Vitamin B12 ... Peptic ulcer disease ... anemia, Hemolysis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Extrahepatic - Biliary ... Choledocholithiasis, Biliary ... - Obstruction: Biliary ... hepatitis: < 1 • Cirrhosis ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
common causes: cirrhosis ... of underlying disease ... concentration (bowel or biliary ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Management
A. Initiate therapy 
 - Initiate 1st line therapy with UDCA (13-15
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis - Management ... bilirubin despite 12 ... Stage & survey disease ... #Treatment #hepatology
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Incubation period: 3-12 ... lysis → severe hemolytic ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
hepatitis, primary biliary ... cirrhosis: 3%-20% ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Cryoglobulinemia (4%-12% ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
nodosum • Immune hemolytic ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... number of sites of disease ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment ... classification #hematology