KROK 1 2016 – Question 16 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a body revealed bone marrow hyperplasia of tubular and flat bones (pyoid marrow), splenomegaly (6 kg) and hepatomegaly (5 kg), enlargement of all lymph node groups. What disease are the identified changes typical of?
- A. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- B. Hodgkin’s disease
- C. Multiple myeloma
- D. Polycythemia vera
- E. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Hint
Think of which haematopoietic cell line can pack the long-bone marrow until it looks like pus and also infiltrate the spleen to a weight of kilograms.
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