A 34-Year-Old Woman Comes to the Physician with Daily Crampy

question 511

Multiple Choice

A 34-year-old woman comes to the physician with daily crampy abdominal pain for the last 2 years.  The pain sometimes occurs after meals but is not always preceded by eating.  It is often accompanied by passage of small, loose stools and mucus, after which she feels significantly better.  The patient reports that these symptoms interfere with her daily activities, including work.  She has no fever, weight loss, or blood in her stools.  She takes over-the-counter medications for gas and constipation.  Her mother died of colon cancer at age 65.  Which of the following is the most likely finding on further evaluation of this patient?

• A)Crypt abscesses
• B)Duodenal ulcer
• C)Folic acid deficiency
• D)Intestinal villous atrophy
• E)Normal colonic mucosa
• F)Perianal fistula

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