A 45-year-old woman presents with severe right upper quadrant pain radiating to the back and elevated serum lipase three times the upper limit of norm...

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A 45-year-old woman presents with severe right upper quadrant pain radiating to the back and elevated serum lipase three times the upper limit of normal. Ultrasound shows gallstones but no bile duct dilation. She has no cholangitis. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Acute gallstone pancreatitis

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Acute cholecystitis without pancreatitis

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Peptic ulcer disease

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Acute hepatitis

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Renal colic

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Acute pancreatitis

A 45-year-old woman presents with severe right upper quadrant pain radiating to the back and elevated serum lipase three times the upper limit of normal. Ultrasound shows gallstones but no bile duct dilation. She has no cholangitis. What is the most likely diagnosis?