KROK 1 2008 – Question 96 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient ill with thrombophlebitis of his lower limbs had chest pain, blood spitting, progressing respiratory insufficiency that led to his death. Autopsy diagnosed multiple lung infarctions. What is the most probable cause of their development?
- A. Thromboembolism of bronchial arteries
- B. Thrombosis of bronchial arteries
- C. Thromboembolism of pulmonary artery branches
- D. Thrombosis of pulmonary veins
- E. Thrombosis of pulmonary artery branches
Hint
Follow a clot formed in the leg veins: where does it travel with the venous return and through the right side of the heart before it finally lodges?
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