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Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Low Alkaline Phosphatase ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... mineralization Symptoms ... of Low Alkaline ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... initial response to abnormal ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... PBC Signs and Symptoms ... PBC Labs: • Alkaline ... • ALT & AST normal ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
proglottids ingested by normal ... #TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... 500 mg QD until normal ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
suspected HH based on symptoms ... <45% and SF is normal ... ALT, alanine aminotransferase ... diagnosis #management #hepatology
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
cell lymphoma Pathophysiology ... and the systemic symptoms ... Thrombocytopenia - Elevated alkaline ... phosphatase - Normal