Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 70%
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The nurse is caring for a client with cancer of the pancreas. Which finding indicates involvement of the bile ducts?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
Pancreatic cancer can obstruct bile ducts causing bilirubin buildup and dark urine (bilirubinuria). Petechiae indicate bleeding dark stools suggest GI bleeding and steatorrhea reflects fat malabsorption not bile duct involvement.