Question 304 · LEK · Surgery of the bile ducts and gallbladder
A 56-year-old woman with obesity presents to hospital reporting abdominal pain, yellowish discolouration of the skin and fever with chills. Which diagnostic tests should 103 z 117 29.06.2026, 14:15 Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych https://test.cem.edu.pl/pytcem/wyswietl_baza_pdf.php be performed?
- A. biphasic abdominal computed tomography.
- B. abdominal ultrasonography.
- C. magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen.
- D. endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
- E. cholangio-nuclear magnetic resonance (cholangio-NMR).
Hint
Pain, jaundice and fever with chills point to the biliary tree; choose the quickest, safest first-line imaging test.
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