Card 14 / 34: For questions #2 and #3, match the most likely cause of diarrhea from the list below.A 46 year-old man has had non-bloody diarrhea for more than one year. He also has epigastric abdominal pain which prompted an upper endoscopy. This revealed erosive esophagitis and several gastric and duodenal ulcers, some in the second portion of the duodenum.
01.)
Laxative abuse
02.)
Chronic pancreatitis
03.)
Crohn’s disease
04.)
Bile acid malabsorption
05.)
Celiac sprue
06.)
Ischemic colitis
07.)
Carcinoid syndrome
08.)
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
09.)
Hyperthyroidism
10.)
Irritable bowel syndrome
11.)
Ulcerative colitis
12.)
Amebiasis
Answer:
08.) Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
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Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology Self-Assessment
Author:
Dr.Laurence BailenProfessor
Tufts University School of Medicine
USA
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