KROK 1 2015 – Question 87 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
2 days after labour a woman developed shock along with DIC syndrome that caused her death. Autopsy revealed purulent endomyometritis, regional purulent lymphangitis, lymphadenitis and purulent thrombophlebitis. There were also dystrophic alterations and interstitial inflammation of parenchymal organs. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Syphilis
- B. Chorioadenoma destruens
- C. Tuberculosis of genital organs
- D. Hydatid mole
- E. Septicemia
Hint
Link the timing after delivery, the source in the uterus and the spread along lymph and vein routes to shock and DIC, and ask what general infectious process that sequence is.
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