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==Overview==
==Overview==
NAFLD must be differentiated from other diseases that cause hepatomegaly, jaundice, cirrhosis and ascites.
NAFLD must be differentiated from other diseases that cause jaundice and abdominal pain which include Wilson's disease, hemochromatosis, alcoholic hepatitis and cholestatic jaundice.


==Differential Diagnosis==
==Differential Diagnosis==
NAFLD must be differentiated from other diseases that cause hepatomegaly, jaundice, cirrhosis and ascites.<ref name="pmid259378622">{{cite journal |vauthors=Abd El-Kader SM, El-Den Ashmawy EM |title=Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: The diagnosis and management |journal=World J Hepatol |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=846–58 |year=2015 |pmid=25937862 |pmc=4411527 |doi=10.4254/wjh.v7.i6.846 |url=}}</ref><ref name="urlDifferential Diagnosis">{{cite web |url=https://ime.acponline.org/content/topics/ime1_gi_ch021_s5 |title=Differential Diagnosis |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
NAFLD must be differentiated from other diseases that cause hepatomegaly, jaundice, cirrhosis and ascites.<ref name="pmid259378622">{{cite journal |vauthors=Abd El-Kader SM, El-Den Ashmawy EM |title=Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: The diagnosis and management |journal=World J Hepatol |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=846–58 |year=2015 |pmid=25937862 |pmc=4411527 |doi=10.4254/wjh.v7.i6.846 |url=}}</ref><ref name="urlDifferential Diagnosis">{{cite web |url=https://ime.acponline.org/content/topics/ime1_gi_ch021_s5 |title=Differential Diagnosis |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>


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!Clinical features
!Laboratory tests
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|Auto Immune Hepatitis  
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{| style="border: 0px; font-size: 90%; margin: 3px;" align="center"
|More commonly in females
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Classification of jaundice based on etiology
|Anti-Nuclear Antibodies,Anti Microsomal Antibodies and Anti Smooth Muscle Anti bodies.
! rowspan="3" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Disease
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |History and clinical manifestations
! colspan="8" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Diagnosis
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! colspan="6" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Lab Findings
! rowspan="2" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Other blood tests
! rowspan="2" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Other diagnostic
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! rowspan="1" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Family history
! align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Fever
! align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |RUQ Pain
! align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Pruritis
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |AST
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |ALT
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |ALK
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |BLR Indirect
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |BLR Direct
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Viral serology
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! rowspan="11" align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Jaundice
! colspan="1" rowspan="4" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | Hepatocellular Jaundice
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Hemochromatosis
| 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" |↑/N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑/N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Ferritin ↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Liver biopsy
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Wilson's disease
| 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" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑/N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Serum cerulloplasmin ↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Liver biopsy
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Alcoholic hepatitis
| 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" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑/N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Cirrhosis
| 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" |↑/N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑/N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑/N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -/+
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Low platate
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Small liver on ultrasond
|-
! rowspan="6" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | Cholestatic Jaundice
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Common bile duct stone
| 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" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Dilated ducts on sono
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |CT/ERCP
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Hepatitis A cholestatic type
| 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" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |HAV- AB
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Abdominal ultrasound
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |EBV / CMV hepatitis
| 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" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| 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 serology
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Primary biliary cirrhosis
| 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" |N/↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N/↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |AMA positive
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Liver biopsy
|-
|-
|α1-antitrypsin deficiency
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Primary sclerosing cholangitis
 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -/+
|Elevated liver enzyme levels
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
|α1-antitrypsin level and liver biopsy
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -/+
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N/↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N/↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Beading on MRCP
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Liver biopsy
|-
|-
|Wilson disease
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Pancreatic carcinoma
 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
|Neurologic and psychological 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -/+
features at age 40 years.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
|ceruloplasmin level and liver biopsy e.t.c.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N/↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N/↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |N
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |↑
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Mass on ultrasond
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |CT scan for diagnosis
|-
|-
|Hereditary hemochromatosis
|}
|Patient presents with Bronze diabetes, arthritis and
congestive heart failure.
|HFE genetic testing,Ferritin level
 
and liver biopsy with staining for iron .
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

NAFLD must be differentiated from other diseases that cause jaundice and abdominal pain which include Wilson's disease, hemochromatosis, alcoholic hepatitis and cholestatic jaundice.

Differential Diagnosis

NAFLD must be differentiated from other diseases that cause hepatomegaly, jaundice, cirrhosis and ascites.[1][2]

Classification of jaundice based on etiology Disease History and clinical manifestations Diagnosis
Lab Findings Other blood tests Other diagnostic
Family history Fever RUQ Pain Pruritis AST ALT ALK BLR Indirect BLR Direct Viral serology
Jaundice Hepatocellular Jaundice Hemochromatosis + - -/+ - ↑ ↑ ↑/N ↑/N N - Ferritin ↑ Liver biopsy
Wilson's disease + - -/+ - ↑ ↑ N ↑/N N - Serum cerulloplasmin ↑ Liver biopsy
Alcoholic hepatitis - -/+ -/+ - ↑↑ ↑ N ↑/N N - - -
Cirrhosis -/+ -/+ -/+ - ↑ ↑ ↑/N ↑/N ↑/N -/+ Low platate Small liver on ultrasond
Cholestatic Jaundice Common bile duct stone -/+ - + + N N ↑ N ↑ - Dilated ducts on sono CT/ERCP
Hepatitis A cholestatic type - -/+ + + N N ↑ N ↑ + HAV- AB Abdominal ultrasound
EBV / CMV hepatitis - -/+ + + N N ↑ N ↑ + Positive serology
Primary biliary cirrhosis -/+ - -/+ + N/↑ N/↑ ↑ N ↑ - AMA positive Liver biopsy
Primary sclerosing cholangitis -/+ - -/+ + N/↑ N/↑ ↑ N ↑ - Beading on MRCP Liver biopsy
Pancreatic carcinoma + - -/+ - N/↑ N/↑ ↑ N ↑ - Mass on ultrasond CT scan for diagnosis

References

  1. ↑ Abd El-Kader SM, El-Den Ashmawy EM (2015). "Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: The diagnosis and management". World J Hepatol. 7 (6): 846–58. doi:10.4254/wjh.v7.i6.846. PMC 4411527. PMID 25937862.
  2. ↑ "Differential Diagnosis".
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