KROK 1 2007 – Question 137 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A child complains of general weakness, loss of appetite, a troubled sleep, itching in the perianal area. The provisional diagnosis is enterobiasis. In order to specify this diagnosis it is necessary to perform:
- A. Immune diagnostics
- B. Biopsy of muscle tissue
- C. Duodenal contents analysis
- D. Scraping from perianal folds
- E. Roentgenoscopy
Hint
Remember that the female pinworm leaves the anus at night to lay eggs on the surrounding skin, so look for the eggs where they are deposited.
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