KROK 1 2009 – Question 47 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
While playing volleyball a sportsman jumped and then landed across the external edge of his foot. This caused acute pain in the talocrural articulation, active movements became limited, passive movements remained unlimited but painful. In the region of the external ankle a swelling appeared, the skin turned red and became warmer to the touch. What type of peripheral circulation disorder has developed in this case?
- A. Arterial hyperaemia
- B. Venous hyperaemia
- C. Thrombosis
- D. Stasis
- E. Embolism
Hint
Link the redness, warmth and swelling after the injury to what happens to the calibre of the small vessels that bring blood into the area.
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