KROK 1 2009 – Question 41 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
An 8-year-old child was admitted to the infectious department with fever (up to 38 °C) and punctate bright-red skin rash. The child was diagnosed as having scarlet fever. Objectively: mucous membrane of pharynx is apparently hyperaemic and edematic, the tonsils are enlarged and have dull yellowish-grey foci with some black areas. What inflammation is the reason for the pharynx alterations?
- A. Purulent necrotic
- B. Serous
- C. Catarrhal
- D. Fibrinous
- E. Haemorrhagic
Hint
Look at the dull, dark foci in the tonsils and ask whether the exudate merely covers intact mucosa or whether tissue destruction with leukocyte infiltration is present.
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