Card 22 / 34: A 68 year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with 3 days of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the back accompanied by fevers. She has an ultrasound which shows a thickened gallbladder wall and numerous gallstones in the gallbladder. The bile duct is not dilated. The most likely cause of this patient’s symptoms is which of the following?
1.) Acute pancreatitis
2.) Acute cholangitis
3.) Acute gallstone ileus
4.) Acute hepatitis
5.) Acute cholecystitis

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