KROK 1 2014 – Question 145 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 37-year-old male patient developed pseudoarthrosis after a closed fracture of the femur. Specify the type of regeneration in the patient:
- A. Physiological
- B. Reparative
- C. Pathological hyper-regeneration
- D. Pathological hypo-regeneration
- E. -
Hint
Think about what happened to the repair process at the fracture site: was bone restored, and what does a persistent false joint say about the strength of the regenerative response?
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