Answer to Yellow Submarine

Correct answer is E, the head of the pancreas. All symptoms indicated the patient is suffering from pancreatic disease, and the yellowish complexion is consistent with jaundice secondary to blockage of the bile duct by a tumor at the head of the pancreas. Smoking and obesity are known risk factors for pancreatic cancer.

  1. = Duodenal cap

  2. = Suprarenal gland

  3. = Kidney

  4. = Spleen

  5. = Head of the pancreas

Answer to this question is based on material presented in lectures 7of the Abdomen Lecture Series.

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