KROK 1 2010 – Question 144 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 47 year old man with myocardium infarction was admitted to the cardiological department. What changes of cellular composition of peripheral blood are induced by necrotic changes in the myocardium?
- A. Monocytosis
- B. Neutrophilic leukocytosis
- C. Thrombocytopenia
- D. Lymphopenia
- E. Eosinophilic leukocytosis
Hint
Think about which white-cell population is mobilised first and in greatest numbers when tissue dies and acute inflammation and stress hormones are triggered.
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