KROK 1 2015 – Question 169 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 53-year-old man suffering from diabetes mellitus has developed a painful conical induration, bluish-red with yellow center, on the skin of his neck. Such changes are characteristic of:
- A. Abscess
- B. Empyema
- C. Carbuncle
- D. Phlegmon
- E. Furuncle
Hint
Think about which skin structure is inflamed in a painful conical nodule with a necrotic yellow core, and how the extent of the lesion separates it from confluent or diffuse suppuration.
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