KROK 1 2019 – Question 10 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient presents with an 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. Positive reaction to stercobilin
- D. Connective tissue
- E. Partially digested cellulose
Hint
Think about what happens to the pigment that normally reaches the intestine in bile when a stone obstructs the biliary outflow, and how that changes the stool.
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