KROK 1 2012 – Question 30 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
After a tourniquet application a patient was found to have petechial haemorrhages. The reason for it is the dysfunction of the following cells:
- A. Platelets
- B. Lymphocytes
- C. Neutrophils
- D. Eosinophils
- E. Monocytes
Hint
Ask which blood element normally protects small vessels from leaking when the pressure inside them rises, and what petechiae say about a defect in that element.
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