KROK 1 2010 – Question 86 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 4 year old child complained of pain during deglutition, indisposition. Objectively: palatine arches and tonsils are moderately edematic and hyperemic, there are greyish-white films up to 1 mm thick closely adhering to the subjacent tissues. What pathological process are these changes typical for?
- A. Inflammation
- B. Metaplasia
- C. Dystrophy
- D. Organization
- E. Necrosis
Hint
Ask which general pathological process produces redness, swelling and an adherent surface exudate, and what vascular events lie behind these signs.
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