UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 1039
Question:
A 25 year old Mediterranean female with Thalassemia major presents with jaundice. The color of her stool and the color of her urine are normal. Upon laboratory tests she is found to have an unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Her peripheral blood smear shows a microcytic anemia as well as target cells. What is the likely cause of her jaundice?

a) pancreatic carcinoma
b) hepatitis B
c) hemolysis
d) hepatitis A
e) hepatocellular carcinoma