KROK 1 2013 – Question 53 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
At autopsy the occipital lobe of brain was found to have a cavity 2,5x1,5 cm large filled with a transparent liquid. The cavity had smooth brownish walls. What process had developed in the brain?
- A. Paracephalia
- B. A cyst on the site of the softening of the cerebrocortical grey matter
- C. Brain abscess
- D. Softening of the cerebrocortical grey matter
- E. Cyst on the site of a hemorrhage
Hint
Ask what the brown colour of the cavity wall tells you about the earlier event that produced the cavity, and how a smooth-walled space with clear fluid forms afterwards.
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