KROK 1 2018 – Question 58 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 65-year-old woman, who had been suffering from deep vein thrombophlebitis of the lower leg, suddenly died when awaiting her appointment with the doctor. Autopsy revealed loose friable red masses with corrugated dull surface in the main pulmonary artery and its bifurcation. What pathologic process was discovered by the pathologist in the pulmonary artery?
- A. Thrombosis
- B. Fat embolism
- C. Thromboembolism
- D. Tissue embolism
- E. Foreign body embolism
Hint
Compare where the mass formed with where it was found, and what its loose, friable texture suggests about attachment to the vessel wall.
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