KROK 1 2021 – Question 19 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
In typhoid fever, the necrotized Peyer’s patches in the small intestine color yellow-brown. What pigment permeates the necrotized tissue?
- A. Lipofuscin
- B. Indole
- C. Hemoglobin
- D. Melanin
- E. Bilirubin
Hint
Think about which pigment is normally present in the intestinal contents and stains the dead tissue of the mucosa as the necrotic masses form.
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