KROK 1 2014 – Question 58 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A patient complaining of pain in the left shoulder-blade region has been diagnosed with myocardial infarction. What kind of pain does the patient have?
- A. Protopathic
- B. Phantom
- C. Epicritic
- D. Visceral
- E. Radiating
Hint
Compare where the pain is felt with where the diseased organ lies, and think what that mismatch implies about the nerve pathways carrying the sensation.
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