KROK 1 2017 – Question 108 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 37-year-old man, who was working in a caisson, after being lifted to the surface suddenly developed signs of acute cerebral circulation disturbance and loss of consciousness. Several days later he died. On autopsy in the left cerebral hemisphere there was detected a gray soft irregular focus 5x6x3,5 cm in size. What process had occurred in the brain?
- A. Cyst
- B. Tumor
- C. Ischemic stroke
- D. Abscess
- E. Hemorrhagic infarction
Hint
Think about what rapid decompression does to gases dissolved in the blood, which kind of vascular event follows in the brain, and how the gray color of the focus should be interpreted.
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