KROK 1 2015 – Question 66 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 39-year-old man who had been operated for the stomach ulcer died 7 days after the surgery. Autopsy revealed that peritoneal leaves were dull, plethoric, covered with massive yellow-greenish films, the peritoneal cavity contained about 300 ml of thick yellow-greenish liquid. What pathologic process was revealed in the peritoneal cavity?
- A. Fibrinous haemorrhagic peritonitis
- B. Fibrinous suppurative peritonitis
- C. Fibrinous serous peritonitis
- D. Serous peritonitis
- E. Peritoneal commissures
Hint
Consider what the colour and thick consistency of the fluid and the films on the serosa tell you about the type of exudate in this postoperative inflammation.
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