Audio Qbank – HY USMLE Q #586 – Pathology / Histology

A 41-year-old man comes to emergency for a 12-hour history of abdominal pain. Vitals are within normal limits. Laboratory studies are as follows:

Calcium                                                7.5 mg/dL
Glucose                                               180 mg/dL
Alkaline phosphatase                  100 IU/L
Total bilirubin                                   1.1 mg/dL
Amylase                                               Elevated

 

 

 

 

Which of the following is the most likely explanation for these findings?

Councilman body formation
Divalent cation chelation
Islet cell hypertrophy
Mallory hyaline deposition
Reticulonodular density deposition