KROK 1 2012 – Question 47 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Having helped to eliminate consequences of a failure at a nuclear power plant, a worker got an irradiation dose of 500 roentgen. He complains of headache, nausea, dizziness. What changes in leukocytes quantity can be expected 10 hours after irradiation?
- A. Neutrophilic leukocytosis
- B. Leukemia
- C. Leukopenia
- D. Agranulocytosis
- E. Lymphocytosis
Hint
Think about the time course of blood changes after a large dose of radiation: what does the white count show in the first hours, before marrow depletion appears?
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