KROK 1 2012 – Question 162 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
2 days after labour a woman developed shock along with DIC syndrome that caused her death. Autopsy revealed purulent endomyometritis, regional purulent lymphangitis, lymphadenitis and purulent thrombophlebitis. There were also dystrophic alterations and interstitial inflammation of parenchymal organs. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Syphilis
- B. Chorioadenoma destruens
- C. Septicemia
- D. Tuberculosis of genital organs
- E. Hydatid mole
Hint
Look at how the infection spread from the uterus (through lymphatics and veins) and at the systemic consequences, then ask which kind of disease fits an acute purulent process like this.
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