KROK 1 2016 – Question 170 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 30-year-old patient’s blood test has revealed the following: erythrocyte count is 6 · 10¹²/l, hemoglobin is 10,55 mmol/l. Vaquez’s disease was diagnosed. Name the leading part of pathogenesis:
- A. Acidosis
- B. Neoplastic erythroid hyperplasia
- C. Iron-deficiency
- D. B₁₂-deficiency
- E. Hypoxia
Hint
Consider whether the raised red cell count is a response to a physiological stimulus or a primary disturbance in the growth control of a bone marrow cell line.
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