Your patient is a 24-year-old male complaining of a one-week history of abdominal pain. He describes the pain as in the upper right quadrant, dull and reproducible with movement and palpation. He also describes a decreased appetite, weight loss, and clay-colored stool over the same period. Of the following, which is the most likely cause of his clinical condition?
A) Colitis
B) Cholecystitis
C) Acute hepatitis
D) Pancreatitis
C
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