KROK 1 2012 – Question 22 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A female patient consulted a physician about digestive disorder, extended abdominal pain. Examination revealed drastic decrease in hemoglobin concentration. It is known from the anamnesis that while living in the Far East the patient used to eat freshly-salted caviar. Some relatives living with her had the similar condition. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Diphyllobothriasis
- B. Trichiniasis
- C. Echinococcosis
- D. Teniasis
- E. Ascaridiasis
Hint
Combine the food source and the geographic region from the history with the unusual finding of marked anaemia in an intestinal infection.
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