KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 45 · KROK (Dentistry)
Autopsy of a 52-year-old woman with a long history of chronic glomerulonephritis revealed significantly reduced in size, dense kidneys with a surface of fine granularity; fibrinous inflammation of serous and mucous membranes; dystrophic changes in parenchymatous organs; cerebral edema. The described changes of serous membranes and internal organs are caused by the following complication:
- A. DIC syndrome
- B. Sepsis
- C. Anaemia
- D. Uraemia
- E. Thrombocytopenia
Hint
Link end-stage contracted kidneys to the systemic complication that explains fibrinous inflammation of serous and mucous membranes and cerebral oedema.
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