Question

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

Answer

Acute cholecystitis without pancreatitis

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Peptic ulcer disease

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Acute hepatitis

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Renal colic

Practice question

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?