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Jaundice: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Primarily Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia


Increased production
   Hemolysis, intravascular or extravascular

   Ineffective erythropoiesis
   Hematomas, pulmonary embolus
Decreased hepatic uptake
       Gilbert's syndrome
       Drugs
          Flavaspidic acid
          Iodinated contrast agents
          Rifampin
   Decreased cystolic binding proteins (e.g., newborn or premature infants)
   Portocaval shunt
   Prolonged fasting
Decreased glucuronidation
   Crigler-Najjar syndrome, types I and II
   Gilbert's syndrome
   Physiologic jaundice of newborn
   Breast-milk jaundice
   Hepatic parenchymal disease
   Noncirrhotic portal fibrosis

Primarily Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia


Decreased liver excretion, intrahepatic
   Familial or hereditary disorders
       Dubin-Johnson syndrome
       Rotor syndrome
       Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
       Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
   Acquired disorders
       Hepatitis
       Cirrhosis
       Alcoholic liver disease
       Primary sclerosing cholangitis
       Pericholangitis
       Drugs and toxins, especially
          Chlorpromazine
          Erythromycin estolate
          Isoniazid
          Halothane
   Others
       Hepatic malignancy, primary or metastatic
       Congestive heart failure
       Shock
       Sepsis
       Toxemia of pregnancy
       Hepatic trauma
       Sarcoidosis
       Amyloidosis
       Sickle cell hepatopathy
       Postoperative jaundice
       Total parenteral nutrition
       Idiopathic cholestasis associated with lymphoma
       Intrahepatic biliary obstruction
          Primary biliary cirrhosis
          Primary sclerosing cholangitis
          Liver allograft rejection
          Graft-versus-host disease
          Ductopenic syndromes (e.g., Alagille's
syndrome)
          Neoplasms (primary, metastatic, lymphoma)
Extrahepatic biliary obstruction
   Congenital
       Biliary atresia
       Idiopathic dilatation of common bile duct
       Cystic fibrosis
       Choledochal cysts
   Acquired
       Cholecystitis
       Common bile duct obstruction
          Choledocholithiasis
          Tumors (benign, malignant)
              Gallbladder
              Bile ducts
              Ampulla of Vater
              Pancreas
              Lymphoma
              Metastatic tumors
          External compression
          Strictures
              Common bile duct
              Sphincter of Oddi
              Primary sclerosing cholangitis
          AIDS (Cryptosporidium)
          Pancreatitis
       Parasites (Ascaris)

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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