KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 94 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 42-year-old patient complains of pain in the epigastral area, vomiting; vomit masses have the colour of "coffee-grounds", the patient has also melena. Anamnesis records gastric ulcer. Blood formula: erythrocytes - 2,8 · 10¹²/l, leukocytes - 8 · 10⁹/l, Hb - 90 g/l. What complication is it?
- A. Haemorrhage
- B. Perforation
- C. Pyloric stenosis
- D. Penetration
- E. Canceration
Hint
Interpret coffee-ground vomit and tarry stools together with the reduced erythrocyte count and haemoglobin.
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