A patient with cholelithiasis has a serum amylase level of 300 units/L. What should the nurse consider as the most likely explanation for the laboratory finding?
A) The gallstone is causing acute cholecystitis.
B) The gallstone has migrated to the neck of the pancreas.
C) The gallstone has caused bile to back into the pancreas.
D) The gallstone is blocking the common bile duct.
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