KROK 1 2017 – Question 96 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Brain autopsy revealed an edema, hyperemia, and small hemorrhages in the medulla oblongata. Microscopically chromatolysis, hydropia and nerve cell necrosis are observed; within the cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells there are eosinophilic structures (Negri bodies) detected. What diagnosis corresponds with the described morphological signs?
- A. Brucellosis
- B. Meningococcal meningitis
- C. Encephalomyelitis
- D. Encephalitis
- E. Rabies
Hint
Ask which infection of the nervous system is identified by the specific inclusions named in the stem, and whether the picture is a generic inflammation or a particular disease.
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