KROK 1 2014 – Question 75 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 53-year-old male patient complains of acute pain in the right hypochondrium. Objective examination revealed scleral icterus. Laboratory tests revealed increased ALT activity, and stercobilin was not detected in the stool. What disease is characterized by these symptoms?
- A. Hepatitis
- B. Chronic gastritis
- C. Cholelithiasis
- D. Hemolytic jaundice
- E. Chronic colitis
Hint
Combine the pain site, the jaundice and the missing stool pigment, and ask at what level bile flow to the gut must be interrupted.
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