KROK 1 2008 – Question 84 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a man who died from the sepsis in his femoral bone revealed phlegmonous inflammation that affected the marrow, haversian canals and periosteum. Under the periosteum there are multiple abscesses, adjoining soft tissues of thigh also have signs of phlegmonous inflammation. What pathological process was described?
- A. Chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis
- B. Osteopetrosis
- C. Osteoporosis
- D. Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis
- E. -
Hint
Think about the form of bone infection in which a bloodborne pathogen causes diffuse purulent inflammation of marrow, cortex and periosteum, and judge whether this is an early or a late picture.
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