KROK 1 2016 – Question 122 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
At the post-mortem examination the stomach of a patient with renal failure was found to have a yellow-brown coating on the thickened mucosa. The coating was firmly adhering to its surface and had significant thickness. Microscopy revealed congestion and necrosis of mucosal and submucosal layers, fibrin presence. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Fibrinous gastritis
- B. Croupous gastritis
- C. Esogastritis
- D. Gastric abscess
- E. Corrosive gastritis
Hint
Ask which kind of exudate forms the adherent coating and how the depth of mucosal necrosis explains its firm attachment, bearing in mind the renal failure.
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