Question 39 · LEK · Peritonitis
The most common direct cause of acute peritonitis is:
- A. acute liver insufficiency.
- B. intussusception of the small intestine into the large one.
- C. perforation of the gastrointestinal tract.
- D. large bowel obstruction.
- E. acute pancreatitis.
Hint
Choose the event that directly lets digestive contents into the peritoneal cavity; most other options act only indirectly.
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