Jaundice
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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Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 2008 Williams & Wilkins.
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