KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 37 · KROK (Dentistry)

A 28-year-old patient had been diagnosed with multifragmental fracture of the right hip. On the third day after the injury he began to complain of pain in the right side of the chest, difficult respiration. One day later the patient died of progressive heart and respiratory failure. Histological study of the pulmonary and cerebral blood vessels revealed orange sudanophilic droplets that completely obstructed the vessels of microvasculature. What complication caused the death of the patient?

  1. A. Microbial embolism
  2. B. Drug-induced embolism
  3. C. Gas embolism
  4. D. Thromboembolism
  5. E. Fat embolism
Hint

Link the type of injury (comminuted long-bone fracture) with the special stain result — what material stains orange with Sudan III?

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