KROK 1 2018 – Question 108 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 34-year-old man died in a comatose state. According to his family after a business trip to an African country he developed periodical jaundice attacks. Autopsy shows the following: dense enlarged spleen with slate-black pulp; enlarged plethoric liver, gray-black on section; cerebral gray matter is brown-gray; cerebral white matter contains numerous small hemorrhages. What infectious disease can be suspected?
- A. Prion infection
- B. Meningococcemia
- C. Generalized herpetic infection
- D. Generalized cryptococcosis
- E. Malaria
Hint
Combine the exposure history, the periodic course and the unusual dark pigmentation of the organs to decide which infection fits.
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