KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 52 · KROK (Dentistry)
Autopsy of a man who died from intraintestinal hemorrhage revealed necrosis of grouped and solitary follicles, dead tissues imbibed with bile and blood in the ileum; sequestration and rejection of necrotic masses with defect formation in the lower segment of the intestine. Which of the following diagnoses is most likely?
- A. Typhoid fever, ulcerative stage
- B. Typhoid fever, "clean ulcer" stage
- C. Abdominal typhoid salmonellosis
- D. Crohn’s disease
- E. Typhoid fever, necrosis stage
Hint
Match the described changes in the ileal Peyer's patches (sequestration and sloughing of necrotic masses, bleeding) to the week-by-week stages of the intestinal lesion in typhoid fever.
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