KROK 1 2016 – Question 47 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
During autopsy of a man, who died of acute transmural cardiac infarction, the following has been detected on the pericardium surface: fibrous whitish-brown deposit connecting parietal and visceral pericardial layers. What kind of inflammation occurred in the pericardium?
- A. Suppurative
- B. Diphtheritic
- C. Granulomatous
- D. Serous
- E. Croupous
Hint
Identify the type of exudate from the description of the deposit that bridges the two layers, and think about what covers the surface after a transmural infarction.
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