KROK 1 2018 – Question 30 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient presents with acute attack of cholelithiasis. Laboratory examination of the patient’s feces will show the following in this case:
- A. Negative reaction to stercobilin
- B. Starch granules
- C. Partially digested cellulose
- D. Connective tissue
- E. Positive reaction to stercobilin
Hint
Think about what a stone lodged in the biliary tract does to bile flow into the gut, and what that means for the colour and pigments of the stool.
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