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Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder wall usually caused by:
 
  a. accumulation of bile in the hepatic duct.
  b. obstruction of the cystic duct by a gall-stone.
  c. accumulation of fat in the wall of the gallbladder.
  d. viral infection of the gallbladder.

Question 2

Acute pancreatitis often manifests with pain to which of the following regions?
 
  a. Right lower quadrant
  b. Right upper quadrant
  c. Epigastric
  d. Suprapubic



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Cholecystitis can be acute or chronic, but both forms are almost always caused by a gallstone lodged in the cystic duct. Accumulation of bile in the hepatic duct would not lead to cholecysti-tis. Neither the accumulation of fat nor a viral infection leads to cholecystitis.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Epigastric or midabdominal pain ranging from mild abdominal discomfort to severe, incapacitat-ing pain is one of the manifestations of pancreatitis. Right lower pain would be a symptom of appendicitis. Right upper quadrant pain would be manifestation of liver inflammation. Suprapu-bic pain would be related to full bladder or colon problems.



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