06-02-2017, 07:09 PM
A 16-year-old girl has a 1-month history of jaundice, mildly elevated aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase levels, and an alkaline phosphatase level 3 times the normal value. Abdominal ultrasound findings were unremarkable, and liver biopsy showed nonspecific periportal edema/fibrosis. Which of the following diagnostic studies should be performed next?
A. Abdominal MRI
B. Cholecystokinin-stimulated hepatoiminodiacetic acid scan
C. Antimitochondrial antibody titer
D. Twenty-four“hour urine copper
E. Cholangiography
A. Abdominal MRI
B. Cholecystokinin-stimulated hepatoiminodiacetic acid scan
C. Antimitochondrial antibody titer
D. Twenty-four“hour urine copper
E. Cholangiography