KROK 1 2012 – Question 58 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a woman with cerebral atherosclerosis revealed in the left cerebral hemisphere a certain focus that is presented by flabby, anhistic, greyish and yellowish tissue with indistinct edges. What pathological process is the case?
- A. Ischemic stroke
- B. Focal encephalitis
- C. Senile encephalopathy
- D. Multifocal tumor growth with cystic degeneration
- E. Multiple foci of fresh and old cerebral hemorrhage
Hint
Combine the vascular background with the gross appearance of the lesion (soft, structureless, pale, ill-defined) to decide which process produced it.
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