A 55-year-old white woman has had recurrent episodes of alcohol-induced pancreatitis. Despite abstinence, the patient develops postprandial abdominal pain, bloating, weight loss despite good appetite, and bulky, foul-smelling stools. Kidney, ureter, bladder (KUB) x-ray shows pancreatic calcifications. In this patient, you should expect to find which of the following?
ADiabetes mellitus
BMalabsorption of fat-soluble vitamins D and K
CCourvoisier sign
DPositive fecal occult blood test
A patient with jaundice is found to have a pancreatic head mass. What is the best diagnostic test?
ACT scan
BERCP
CUltrasound
DMRI
Pancreatitis is a common complication of which one of the following?
AZidovudine
BZalcitabine
CStavudine
DDidanosine (ddI)
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