PATHOLOGY Gastro N* Q-1

[Roxanita]

A 45-year-old woman has a 7-month history of moderate abdominal pain that is exacerbated by eating. She has used alcohol heavily for the past 10 years. X-ray films of the abdomen show diffuse retroperitoneal calcifications. The most likely diagnosis is

A) cholangitis

B) chronic pancreatitis

C) pancreatic islet cell neoplasm

D) perforated gastric ulcer

E) ulcerative colitis

[Lorena]

b)chronic pancreatitis

Alcoholism is the most common cause. Pancreas is retroperitoneal and calcifications may be seen in Xrays

[Roxanita]

agree with Lorena....and the CT scan would be something like this...

http://medicalimages.allrefer.com/large/pancreatitis-chronic-ct-scan.jpg