KROK 1 2011 – Question 139 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
2 days after labour a woman developed shock along with DIC syndrome that caused her death. Autopsy revealed purulent endomyometritis, regional purulent lymphangitis, lymphadenitis and purulent thrombophlebitis. There were also dystrophic alterations and interstitial inflammation of parenchymal organs. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Hydatid mole
- B. Tuberculosis of genital organs
- C. Chorioadenoma destruens
- D. Syphilis
- E. Septicemia
Hint
Follow the sequence from the uterine source to lymphatic and venous spread and then to shock and DIC, and decide what generalised process this represents.
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