KROK 1 2015 – Question 196 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient with femoral neck fracture, who for a long time had to remain in bed in a forced (supine) position, has developed dark-brown lesions along the backbone; soft tissues are swollen, in the areas of maceration there is a foul-smelling liquid. Name the clinicopathologic type of necrosis:
- A. Dry gangrene
- B. Sequestrum
- C. Infarction
- D. Bedsore
- E. Coagulation necrosis
Hint
Note the site of the lesions along the backbone and the patient's prolonged immobility, and think about which kind of necrosis arises under those circumstances.
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