KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 124 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient was delivered to a hospital after having been exposed to ionizing radiation. He presents with vomiting, anorexia, pain in different regions of abdomen, bloody feces, elevation of body temperature, inertness. Such clinical presentations are typical for the following form of acute radiation disease:
- A. Combined
- B. Intestinal
- C. Toxemic
- D. Bone-marrow
- E. Cerebral
Hint
Note which organ system's symptoms dominate the picture and recall which tissue with rapidly renewing epithelium is damaged at higher doses.
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