Hepatitis C differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The differential diagnosis for HCV includes other etiologies of viral hepatitis, as well as diseases that cause hepatic or perihepatic injury.
Differential Diagnosis
The differential diagnosis of hepatitis C includes other etiologies of viral hepatitis and non-viral etiologies:
Viral Hepatitis Differential Diagnosis
Non-Viral Hepatitis Differential Diagnosis
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Drug-induced liver injury (DILI)
- Liver abscess
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholecystitis
- Cholangitis
- Chronic biliary disease
- Trauma
- Abdominal aneurysm
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Bowel obstruction
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Malignant lymphoma
- Hereditary metabolic disorders (Wilson disease, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency)