Card 28 / 30: For each patient with jaundice, select the most likely diagnosis.A 78 year old man with an alkaline phosphatase of 555, AST 58, ALT 79, and a dilated bile duct seen on transabdominal ultrasound.
A)
Drug reaction
B)
Pancreatic cancer causing biliary obstruction
C)
Primary biliary cirrhosis
D)
Acute hepatitis A
E)
Alcoholic hepatitis
F)
Hemochromatosis
G.)
Autoimmune hepatitis
H.)
Gilbert’s syndrome
I.)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
J.)
Granulomatous hepatitis
Answer:
B) Pancreatic cancer causing biliary obstruction
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Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology Exam 2005
Author:
Dr.Laurence BailenProfessor
Tufts University School of Medicine
USA
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