Card 25 / 33: For each patient with jaundice, select the most likely diagnosis:An 82 year old woman comes to the emergency room because her daughter noted that she was yellow. The patient has no complaints including no abdominal pain or fever. Her ALT is 78 U/l, AST is 80 U/l, Alkaline phosphatase is 750 U/l.
A)
Drug induced hepatitis
B)
Gilbert’s syndrome
C)
Pancreatic cancer with obstruction of the common bile duct
D)
Acute hepatitis B
E)
Acute alcoholic hepatitis
F)
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
G.)
Autoimmune hepatitis
H.)
Advanced cirrhosis due to hepatitis C
I.)
Ischemic hepatitis
J.)
Choledocholithiasis
Answer:
C) Pancreatic cancer with obstruction of the common bile duct
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Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology Exam 2006
Author:
Dr.Tamsin KnoxProfessor
Tufts University School of Medicine
USA
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