Rx Detail
Alkaline Phosphatase
Elevated ALP
- Liver (liver ALP): Cholestasis, cholecystitis, cholangitis, cirrhosis, primary biliary cholangitis, fatty liver, sarcoidosis, liver tumor, liver metastases, drug intoxication (Drugs: e.g. verapamil, carbamazepine, phenytoin, erythromycin, allopurinol, ranitidine)
- Bone disease (bone ALP): Pagets disease, osteosarcoma, bone metastases of prostatic cancer (High / very high ALP values), Other bone metastases, Renal osteodystrophy, Fractured bone
- Skeletal involvement of other primary diseases: Osteomalacia, rickets, vitamin D deficiency (moderate rise), Malignant tumors (ALP originating from tumor), Renal disease (secondary hyperparathyroidism), Primary hyperthyroidism