KROK 1 2008 – Question 100 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 28 year old man had a gunshot wound of shin that resulted in an ulcer from the side of the injury. What is the main factor of neurodystrophy pathogenesis in this case?
- A. Traumatization of peripheral nerve
- B. Microcirculation disturbance
- C. Infection
- D. Tissue damage
- E. Psychical stress
Hint
Consider which structure's damage removes the trophic regulation of the tissues of the limb, so that a slow, poorly healing ulcer develops at the site of the wound.
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