Question 203 · LEK · Primary sclerosing cholangitis
A 24-year-old patient diagnosed with lasting for three years ulcerative colitis reports persistent itching, chronic fatigue, weakness. The most likely cause of the reported complaints is:
- A. inflammation of the gallbladder.
- B. chronic pancreatitis.
- C. primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- D. colon cancer.
- E. gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Hint
Consider the hepatobiliary disease most strongly linked to ulcerative colitis and its cholestatic symptoms.
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