KROK 1 2014 – Question 20 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Feces of a patient contain high amount of undissociated fats and have grayish-white color. Specify the cause of this phenomenon:
- A. Irritation of intestinal epithelium
- B. Hypoactivation of pepsin by hydrochloric acid
- C. Obturation of bile duct
- D. Hypovitaminosis
- E. Enteritis
Hint
Explain both findings with one cause: why the stool loses its normal brown colour and why dietary fat is not digested and absorbed.
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