KROK 1 2010 – Question 75 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient has been suffering from diarrhea for 5 days. On the fifth day colonoscopy revealed that membrane of rectum was inflamed, there were greyish-green films closely adhering to the subjacent tissue. What is the most probable diagnosis?
- A. Typhoid fever
- B. Salmonellosis
- C. Nonspecific ulcerous colitis
- D. Dysentery
- E. Crohn’s disease
Hint
Combine the day of illness, the rectal location and the adherent greyish-green film to decide which acute infectious colitis fits this stage.
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