Question 23 / 32:  A 42 year old woman has had intermittent episodes of right upper quadrant abdominal pain that begin 1-2 hours after eating. The pain resolves after 3-4 hours. She comes to the emergency room with severe peri-umbilical pain. Her amylase and lipase are elevated and a right upper quadrant ultrasound shows sludge.

Which of the following best explains the pathogenesis of her condition?

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Explanation:

Acute pancreatitis due to biliary sludge (early stones). Pancreatic enzymes are activated within the pancreas. There is no evidence of a pancreatic stricture. Proteinaceous plugs are part of the pathophysiology of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis.

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Attribution:  Laurence Scott Bailen, Tamsin Knox, Paul Abourjaily, Fredric D. Gordon,Marshall Kaplan,Andrew G. Plaut. PPY 222 Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, Spring 2007. (Tufts University OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/47 (Accessed 3 May, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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