KROK 1 2009 – Question 119 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a man who died from sepsis revealed a phlegmonous inflammation in the femoral bone of lower extremity. The inflammation was seen in the bone marrow, haversian canals and periosteum. There were also multiple abscesses underneath the periosteum; the surrounding soft tissues of the thigh were also affected by the phlegmonous inflammation. What pathological process is it?
- A. Osteopetrosis
- B. Osteoporosis
- C. Chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis
- D. Acute haematogenous osteomyelitis
- E. -
Hint
Decide first whether the process is inflammatory or a metabolic disorder of bone, then judge from the active pus formation whether it is early or late in its course.
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