KROK 1 2023 – Question 109 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Increased levels of direct bilirubin and bile acids were detected in the blood of a patient with jaundice. There is no stercobilinogen in the patient’s urine. In what type of jaundice can these signs be observed?
- A. Suprahepatic
- B. Hemolytic
- C. Hepatic
- D. Mechanical
- E. Parenchymatous
Hint
Absence of stercobilinogen in the urine, together with raised conjugated bilirubin and bile acids, suggests that bile cannot reach the gut at all.
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