KROK 1 2017 – Question 173 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 30-year-old patient’s blood test 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 in this case:
- A. B₁₂-deficiency
- B. Neoplastic erythroid hyperplasia
- C. Iron-deficiency
- D. Acidosis
- E. Hypoxia
Hint
Ask whether the raised red-cell count in this primary disease is a response to an outside stimulus or arises from a change in the marrow cells themselves.
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