A 43-year-old patient suffers from acute pancreatitis with disrupted common bile duct patency. What condition can develop in this case?

Answer options

1. Hepatic coma
2. Hemolytic jaundice
3. Hepatocellular jaundice
4. Mechanical jaundice
5. Portal hypertension

Explanation

The common bile duct is oriented medially to the Pancreatic duct. In acute pancreatitis, edema of the pancreatic duct leads to compression of the Common bile duct and thus; Mechanical Jaundice.