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Proposed Schema for the Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

Cholestyramine up to 4g
Primary Biliary Cholangitis ... Plasmapheresis Consider transplantation ... Primary #Biliary #Cholangitis
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis ... • CHOLANGITIS ... indications for liver transplantation ... Primary #Sclerosing #Cholangitis
Causes of Intrahepatic Gas
Non-Iatrogenic:
 • Biliary: Emphysematous cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis, Enteric-biliary fistula, Biliary-bronchopleural fistula, Congenital incompetent
cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis ... infarction/liver transplantation ... Choledocho-duodenostomy, Liver transplantation
Summary table of comparison of the difference between primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis
primary biliary cholangitis ... primary sclerosing cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) - Malignancy Screening and Surveillance Recommendations 

Cholangiocarcinoma 
 - Annual US or
Primary sclerosing cholangitis ... Primary #sclerosing #cholangitis
Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
• Bacterial Cholangitis ... Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Immunosuppression in Transplantation
Induction (I):
 - Basiliximab (Simulect)
 - Alemtuzumab (Campath)
 - Rituximab
 - Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG)
Induction
Immunosuppression in Transplantation ... Immunosuppression #Transplantation
Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD)
Definition: Lymphoid and/or plasmacytic proliferations that occur as a result of immunosuppression in
Post-Transplantation ... hematopoietic cell transplantation ... after solid-organ transplantation ... #PTLD #Post #Transplantation
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
cholecystitis, Acute cholangitis ... "ascending cholangitis