KROK 1 2008 – Question 176 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 45 year old woman is ill with breast cancer. Her left arm has symptoms of lymphatic system insufficiency - limb edema, lymph node enlargement. What form of lymphatic circulation insufficiency is it?
- A. Dynamic insufficiency
- B. Mechanic insufficiency
- C. Combined insufficiency
- D. Resorption insufficiency
- E. -
Hint
Ask what physically happens to the lymphatic channels of the arm when a tumour and its nodal spread block or compress the normal drainage route.
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