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|Prompt=A 45 year old man admitted to the hospital for work-up of severe painless jaundice and icterus is found to have a massive obstructive pancreatic head mass almost completely closing the bile duct lumen. Which of the following patterns would you expect in this patient?
|Prompt=A 45 year old man admitted to the hospital for work-up of severe painless jaundice and icterus is found to have a massive obstructive pancreatic head mass almost completely closing the bile duct lumen. Which of the following patterns would you expect in this patient?
[[Image:BilirubinWBR.png|700px]]
|Explanation=[[Image:Bilirubin_metabolism.jpg|800px]]
|AnswerA=A
|AnswerAExp=This pattern is usually not seen.
|AnswerB=B
|AnswerBExp=This pattern is typical of obstructive jaundice.
|AnswerC=C
|AnswerCExp=This pattern is usually not seen.
|AnswerD=D
|AnswerDExp=This pattern is usually not seen.
|AnswerE=E
|AnswerEExp=This pattern is typical of hemolytic type jaundice.
|RightAnswer=B
|WBRKeyword=Obstructive jaundice, Bilirubin,
|Approved=No
|Approved=No
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Revision as of 07:16, 24 October 2013

 
Author [[PageAuthor::Rim Halaby, M.D. [1]]]
Exam Type ExamType::USMLE Step 1
Main Category MainCategory::Pathophysiology, MainCategory::Physiology
Sub Category SubCategory::Gastrointestinal
Prompt [[Prompt::A 45 year old man admitted to the hospital for work-up of severe painless jaundice and icterus is found to have a massive obstructive pancreatic head mass almost completely closing the bile duct lumen. Which of the following patterns would you expect in this patient?


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Answer A AnswerA::A
Answer A Explanation AnswerAExp::This pattern is usually not seen.
Answer B AnswerB::B
Answer B Explanation AnswerBExp::This pattern is typical of obstructive jaundice.
Answer C AnswerC::C
Answer C Explanation AnswerCExp::This pattern is usually not seen.
Answer D AnswerD::D
Answer D Explanation AnswerDExp::This pattern is usually not seen.
Answer E AnswerE::E
Answer E Explanation AnswerEExp::This pattern is typical of hemolytic type jaundice.
Right Answer RightAnswer::B
Explanation [[Explanation::

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Approved Approved::No
Keyword WBRKeyword::Obstructive jaundice, WBRKeyword::Bilirubin
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