KROK 1 2010 – Question 161 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient died from acute cardiac insufficiency, among clinical presentations there was gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Examination of mucous membrane of stomach revealed some defects reaching myenteron; their edges and bottom were mostly even and loose, some of them contained dark-red blood. What pathological process was revealed?
- A. Thrombosis
- B. Acute ulcers
- C. Inflammation
- D. Chronic ulcers
- E. Erosions
Hint
Consider how deep the mucosal defects go, what their edges are like, and which kind of lesion an acute circulatory failure typically produces in the stomach.
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