KROK 1 2010 – Question 34 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient complains of frequent diarrheas, especially after consumption of rich food, weight loss. Laboratory examination revealed steatorrhea; his feces were hypocholic. What might have caused such condition?
- A. Lack of pancreatic phospholipase
- B. Unbalanced diet
- C. Lack of pancreatic lipase
- D. Inflammation of mucous membrane of small intestine
- E. Obturation of biliary tracts
Hint
Look for the single defect that explains both the fat in the stool and its reduced bile-pigment colour.
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