KROK 1 2013 – Question 71 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Examination of the removed stomach revealed a deep roundish defect with regular edges at the lesser curvature of the antrum. The defect reached the muscular tunic and was 1,5 cm in diameter. Within the defect floor there was a translucent dense area resembling of a hyaline cartilage. What process had developed in the floor of the stomach defect?
- A. Fibrinoid alterations
- B. Amyloidosis
- C. General hyalinosis
- D. Local hyalinosis
- E. Mucoid swelling
Hint
Think about what gradually happens to dense fibrous scar tissue in the floor of a long-standing defect, giving it a translucent look.
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