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{{Abdominal pain}}
{{CMG}}; {{AE}}{{ADS}}. {{IQ}}
<span style="font-size:85%">'''Abbreviations:'''
<span style="font-size:85%">'''Abbreviations:'''
'''[[RUQ]]'''= Right upper quadrant of the abdomen, '''LUQ'''= Left upper quadrant, '''LLQ'''= Left lower quadrant, '''RLQ'''= Right lower quadrant, '''LFT'''= Liver function test, SIRS= [[Systemic inflammatory response syndrome]], '''[[ERCP]]'''= [[Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography]], '''IV'''= Intravenous, '''N'''= Normal, '''AMA'''= Anti mitochondrial antibodies, '''[[LDH]]'''= [[Lactate dehydrogenase]], '''GI'''= Gastrointestinal, '''CXR'''= Chest X ray, '''IgA'''= [[Immunoglobulin A]], '''IgG'''= [[Immunoglobulin G]], '''IgM'''= [[Immunoglobulin M]], '''CT'''= [[Computed tomography]], '''[[PMN]]'''= Polymorphonuclear cells, '''[[ESR]]'''= [[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate]], '''[[CRP]]'''= [[C-reactive protein]], TS= [[Transferrin saturation]], SF= Serum [[Ferritin]], SMA= [[Superior mesenteric artery]], SMV= [[Superior mesenteric vein]], ECG= [[Electrocardiogram]]</span>
'''[[RUQ]]'''= Right upper quadrant of the abdomen, '''LUQ'''= Left upper quadrant, '''LLQ'''= Left lower quadrant, '''RLQ'''= Right lower quadrant, '''LFT'''= Liver function test, SIRS= [[Systemic inflammatory response syndrome]], '''[[ERCP]]'''= [[Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography]], '''IV'''= Intravenous, '''N'''= Normal, '''AMA'''= Anti mitochondrial antibodies, '''[[LDH]]'''= [[Lactate dehydrogenase]], '''GI'''= Gastrointestinal, '''CXR'''= Chest X ray, '''IgA'''= [[Immunoglobulin A]], '''IgG'''= [[Immunoglobulin G]], '''IgM'''= [[Immunoglobulin M]], '''CT'''= [[Computed tomography]], '''[[PMN]]'''= Polymorphonuclear cells, '''[[ESR]]'''= [[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate]], '''[[CRP]]'''= [[C-reactive protein]], TS= [[Transferrin saturation]], SF= Serum [[Ferritin]], SMA= [[Superior mesenteric artery]], SMV= [[Superior mesenteric vein]], ECG= [[Electrocardiogram]]</span>
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! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Lab Findings
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Acute suppurative cholangitis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[RUQ]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Abnormal [[LFT]]
*WBC >10,000
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* Ultrasound shows [[biliary]] dilatation/stents/tumor
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Septic shock occurs with features of [[SIRS]]
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | [[Cholangitis|Acute cholangitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | [[RUQ]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |N
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* Abnormal [[LFT]]
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* Ultrasound shows [[biliary]] dilatation/stents/tumor
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* Biliary drainage ([[Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography|ERCP]]) + IV antibiotics
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | [[Acute cholecystitis|Acute cholecystitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | [[RUQ]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |<nowiki>+</nowiki>
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Hypoactive
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* [[Hyperbilirubinemia]]
* [[Leukocytosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Ultrasound shows:
* Gallstone
* Inflammation
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* [[Murphy's sign|Murphy’s sign]]
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |  [[Acute pancreatitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | [[Epigastric]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |<nowiki>+</nowiki>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Increased [[amylase]] / [[lipase]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Ultrasound shows evidence of [[inflammation]]
* CT scan shows severity of pancreatitis
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* Pain radiation to back
|-
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Chronic pancreatitis]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Chronic pancreatitis]]
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* [[Thrombophlebitis|Migratory superficial thrombophlebitis]] (classic [[Trousseau's syndrome]])
* [[Thrombophlebitis|Migratory superficial thrombophlebitis]] (classic [[Trousseau's syndrome]])
* [[Panniculitis|Pancreatic panniculitis]]
* [[Panniculitis|Pancreatic panniculitis]]
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Abdominal Pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Rigors and chills
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Nausea or vomiting
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Jaundice
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Constipation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diarrhea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Weight loss
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |GI bleeding
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Hypo-
tension
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Guarding
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Rebound Tenderness
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Bowel sounds
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Comments
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Primary biliary cirrhosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[RUQ]]/[[Epigastric]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Increased AMA level, abnormal [[LFTs]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* ERCP
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Pruritis
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Primary sclerosing cholangitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[RUQ]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Increased liver enzymes
* Increased [[IgM]], [[IgG]]4
* [[Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody]] ([[p-ANCA]])
* [[Anti-nuclear antibody]] ([[ANA]])
* [[Anti-smooth muscle antibody]] (Anti-Sm)
* Anti-endothelial antibody
* Anti-cardiolipin antibody
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |ERCP and MRCP shows
* Multiple segmental [[strictures]]
* Mural irregularities
* [[Biliary]] dilatation and diverticula
* Distortion of biliary tree
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* The risk of [[cholangiocarcinoma]] in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis is 400 times higher than the risk in the general population.
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Cholelithiasis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[RUQ]]/[[Epigastric]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Normal to hyperactive for dislodged stone
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Leukocytosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Ultrasound shows [[gallstone]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Fatty food intolerance
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Gastrointestinal perforation]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Diffuse
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |<nowiki>-</nowiki>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Hyperactive/hypoactive
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* WBC> 10,000
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* Air under [[diaphragm]] in upright [[CXR]]
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* [[Hamman's sign]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
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* [[Arthritis]]
* [[Arthritis]]
* [[Ascites]]
* [[Ascites]]
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! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Abdominal Pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Rigors and chills
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Nausea or vomiting
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Jaundice
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Constipation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diarrhea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Weight loss
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |GI bleeding
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Hypo-
tension
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Guarding
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Rebound Tenderness
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Bowel sounds
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Comments
|-
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Hepatitis|Viral hepatitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Hepatitis|Viral hepatitis]]
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* CT
* CT
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Hepatocellular carcinoma]]/Metastasis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |RUQ
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |<nowiki>+</nowiki>
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
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* Normal
* Hyperactive if obstruction present
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* High levels of [[Alpha-fetoprotein|AFP]] in serum
* Abnormal [[Liver function test|liver function tests]]
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* US
* CT
* Liver biopsy
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Other symptoms:
* [[Splenomegaly]]
* [[Variceal bleeding]]
* [[Ascites]]
* [[Spider nevi]]
* [[Asterixis]]
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! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Abdominal Pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Rigors and chills
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Nausea or vomiting
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Jaundice
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Constipation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diarrhea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Weight loss
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |GI bleeding
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Hypo-
tension
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Guarding
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Rebound Tenderness
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Bowel sounds
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Comments
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Budd-Chiari syndrome|Budd-Chiari syndrome]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[RUQ]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | Positive in liver failure leading to varices
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |N
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*Elevated [[Aspartate aminotransferase|serum aspartate aminotransferase]] and [[alanine aminotransferase]] levels may be more than five times the upper limit of the normal range.
*Elevated serum [[alkaline phosphatase]] and [[Bilirubin|bilirubin levels]], decreased [[Albumin|serum albumin level]].
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Findings on [[CT scan]] suggestive of Budd-Chiari syndrome include:
*Early enhancement of the [[caudate lobe]] and [[central liver]] around the [[Inferior vena cavae|inferior vena cava]]
*Delayed enhancement of the peripheral [[liver]] with accompanying central low density (flip-flop appearance)
*Peripheral zones of the [[liver]] show reversed [[portal]] [[venous]] [[blood flow]]
*In the [[chronic]] phase, there is [[caudate lobe]] enlargement and [[atrophy]] of the [[Liver|peripheral liver]] in affected areas
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |[[Ascitic tap|Ascitic fluid examination]] shows:
*[[Total protein]] more than 2.5 g per deciliter
*[[White blood cells]] are usually less than 500/μL.
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Cirrhosis|Cirrhosis]]
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* [[Hypoalbuminemia]]
* Prolonged PT
* Abnormal LFTs
* [[Hyponatremia]]
* [[Thrombocytopenia]]
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* Nodular, shrunken liver
* [[Ascites]]
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* Stigmata of liver disease
* Cruveilhier- Baumgarten murmur
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* Ultrasound for evaluation of liver cirrhosis
* Ultrasound for evaluation of liver cirrhosis
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Biliary colic]]
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* ↑ [[bilirubin]] and [[alkaline phosphatase]]
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* Ultrasound
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Abbreviations: RUQ= Right upper quadrant of the abdomen, LUQ= Left upper quadrant, LLQ= Left lower quadrant, RLQ= Right lower quadrant, LFT= Liver function test, SIRS= Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, ERCP= Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, IV= Intravenous, N= Normal, AMA= Anti mitochondrial antibodies, LDH= Lactate dehydrogenase, GI= Gastrointestinal, CXR= Chest X ray, IgA= Immunoglobulin A, IgG= Immunoglobulin G, IgM= Immunoglobulin M, CT= Computed tomography, PMN= Polymorphonuclear cells, ESR= Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP= C-reactive protein, TS= Transferrin saturation, SF= Serum Ferritin, SMA= Superior mesenteric artery, SMV= Superior mesenteric vein, ECG= Electrocardiogram

Disease Clinical manifestations Diagnosis Comments
Symptoms Signs
Abdominal Pain Fever Rigors and chills Nausea or vomiting Jaundice Constipation Diarrhea Weight loss GI bleeding Hypo-

tension

Guarding Rebound Tenderness Bowel sounds Lab Findings Imaging
Chronic pancreatitis Epigastric − − ± ± − + + − − − − N
  • Increased amylase / lipase
  • Increased stool fat content
  • Pancreatic function test
 CT scan
  • Calcification
  • Pseudocyst
  • Dilation of main pancreatic duct
  • Predisposes to pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic carcinoma Epigastric − − + + − + + − − − − N

Skin manifestations may include:

Inflammatory bowel disease Diffuse ± − − ± − + + + − − − Normal or hyperactive

Extra intestinal findings:

Whipple's disease Diffuse ± − − ± − + + − ± − − N Endoscopy is used to confirm diagnosis.

Images used to find complications

Extra intestinal findings:
Viral hepatitis RUQ + − + + − Positive in Hep A and E + − Positive in fulminant hepatitis Positive in acute + N
  • Abnormal LFTs
  • Viral serology
  • US
  • Hep A and E have fecal-oral route of transmission
  • Hep B and C transmits via blood transfusion and sexual contact.
Liver abscess RUQ + + + + − ± + − + + ± Normal or hypoactive
  • US
  • CT
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Diffuse + − − Positive in cirrhotic patients − + − − ± + + Hypoactive
  • Ascitic fluid PMN>250 cells/mm³
  • Culture: Positive for single organism
  • Ultrasound for evaluation of liver cirrhosis
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