Question 161 · LEK · Intestinal ischemia
The patient complains of strong, sudden abdominal pain, bloody diarrhoea, vomiting and frequent atrial fibrillation. During the physical examination, you stated only tenderness on deep palpation of the abdomen without muscular defence. Which of the following is the most probable diagnosis?
- A. acute intestinal ischemia.
- B. acute pancreatitis.
- C. intestinal obstruction.
- D. nephrolithiasis.
- E. acute appendicitis.
Hint
Note the arrhythmia as a source of emboli and the classic mismatch between severe pain and few abdominal findings.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Surgery
- Most of the deaths of haemodynamically unstable patients who have gastrointestinal bleeding can result from:
- In the case of a ruptured abdominal aorta aneurysm the symptom triad includes:
- The diseases that can imitate the so called ”acute abdomen” include:
- Which of the following statements is true about acetabular fractures?
- Which of the following statements is true about proximal femoral fractures?
- On admission to the A&E, a patient was diagnosed with sudden, severe, excruciating chest pain, located retrosternally, radiating to the…