KROK 1 2007 – Question 57 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Inflammation of a patient’s eye was accompanied by accumulation of turbid liquid with high protein at the bottom of anterior chamber that was called hypopyon. What process underlies the changes under observation?
- A. Proliferation
- B. Disturbance of microcirculation
- C. Secondary alteration
- D. Primary alteration
- E. -
Hint
Consider the vascular phase of inflammation: what happens to vessel calibre, blood flow and wall permeability so that protein-rich fluid and leukocytes leave the bloodstream?
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