A 50-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with right upper quadrant pain. She has been previously healthy, takes no regular medications, and is allergic to penicillin.
Her observations and liver function tests are shown below.
| Observation |
Result |
| BP |
90/50 mmHg |
| HR |
120 bpm |
| RR |
24 /min |
| O2 saturation |
98% room air |
| Temperature |
38.9 degrees C |
| Bilirubin |
24 micromol/L (2-24) |
| ALP |
550 IU/L (30-110) |
| GGT |
480 IU/L (<60) |
| ALT |
100 IU/L (<55) |
| Albumin |
20 g/L (34-48) |
State the most likely diagnosis.
(Marked out of 1.0)
/ 1
State four (4) historical features that may help determine the cause of these abnormalities.
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/ 4
State four (4) sonographic findings that would confirm your diagnosis.
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/ 4
State the gold-standard imaging test for this diagnosis.
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/ 1
List two (2) disadvantages of that gold-standard test.
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/ 2
Total Score: 0 / 12
Percentage: 0%
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