Audio Qbank – HY USMLE Q #560 – Hepatobiliary

A 32-year-old woman comes to the physician for a 2-month history of generalized pruritis. She has history of subacute granulomatous thyroiditis. Her brother has rheumatoid arthritis. Ultrasound of the abdomen shows a stone in the gall bladder. Laboratory studies show:

Hemoglobin                                                                         10 g/dL
Serum total bilirubin                                                      3.0 mg/dL
Serum alkaline phosphatase                                      300 IU/L
Serum total cholesterol                                                Elevated
Serum amylase                                                                  Normal

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Biliary cirrhosis
Cholangitis (ascending)
Cholangitis (primary sclerosing)
Cholecystitis
Dubin-Johnson syndrome
Gilbert syndrome