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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2011

A 23-year-old patient complains of a dull ache, sensation of heaviness and distention in the epigastrium immediately after meals, foul-smelling eructation; dry mouth, empty stomach nausea, diarrhea. Objectively: the skin is pale, the patient is of thin build. Abdomen is soft on palpation, there is epigastric pain. The liver does not extend beyond the costal arch. In blood: Hb - 110 g/l, RBCs - 3,4 × 1012/l, WBC count is normal. ESR - 16 mm/h. What is the most informative study that will allow make a diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Duodenal probing
  2. pH-metry
  3. X-ray of digestion organs
  4. Esophageal gastroduodenoscopy
  5. Study of gastric juice
Correct answer

Esophageal gastroduodenoscopy

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