Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2013
A child is 12 years old. He complains of a dull aching pain in the epigastrium and right hypochondrium, that is getting worse after taking fatty or fried food, headache, weakness, nausea, low-grade fever. Abdominal palpation reveals a marked resistance of muscles in the right hypochondrium, positive Kerr's, Ortner's, Murphy's symptoms. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Acute appendicitis
- Viral hepatitis
- Acute gastritis
- Chronic cholecystitis
- Acute pancreatitis
Correct answer
Chronic cholecystitis
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