KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 175 · KROK (Dentistry)

A 43-year-old patient has acute pancreatitis with concomitant disruption of common bile duct patency. What condition can it result in?

  1. A. Mechanical jaundice
  2. B. Hepatic coma
  3. C. Portal hypertension
  4. D. Hepatocellular jaundice
  5. E. Hemolytic jaundice
Hint

Think about what happens to bile flow when the duct leading to the duodenum is compressed by a swollen pancreatic head.

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