KROK 1 2007 – Question 38 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient complains of frequent diarrheas, especially after consumption of fattening food, and of body weight loss. Laboratory examination revealed steatorrhea; hypocholic feces. What can be the cause of this condition?
- A. Lack of pancreatic lipase
- B. Obturation of biliary tracts
- C. Mucous membrane inflammation of small intestine
- D. Unbalanced diet
- E. Lack of pancreatic phospholipase
Hint
Look at the stool colour: ask which secretion both emulsifies dietary fat and supplies the pigment that normally colours faeces, and what happens if it cannot enter the duodenum.
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