KROK 1 2012 – Question 126 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 39 year old man who had been operated for the stomach ulcer died 7 days after the surgery. Autopsy revealed that peritoneal leaves were dull, plethoric, covered with massive yellow-greenish films, the peritoneal cavity contained for about 300 ml of thick yellow-greenish liquid. What pathologic process was revealed in the peritoneal cavity?
- A. Fibrinous suppurative peritonitis
- B. Peritoneal commissures
- C. Serous peritonitis
- D. Fibrinous haemorrhagic peritonitis
- E. Fibrinous serous peritonitis
Hint
Interpret what the film-like deposits and the thick yellow-green fluid say about the type of exudate, in terms of its protein and cellular content.
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