KROK 1 2007 – Question 169 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a 56 y.o. man revealed in the right temporal part of brain a big focus of softened grey matter that was semiliquid and light grey. Arteries of cerebral tela contain multiple whitish-yellow thickenings of intima that abruptly narrow the lumen. What is your diagnosis?
- A. Hemorrhage
- B. Hemorrhagic infarction
- C. Brain abscess
- D. Ischemic stroke
- E. Brain edema
Hint
A pale, softened focus in an area fed by atherosclerotically narrowed arteries suggests tissue death from loss of blood supply rather than bleeding or infection.
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