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An autopsy of the body of an elderly man, who was suffering from acute intestinal disorder during his last 2 weeks of life, has revealed the following change in the rectum and sigmoid colon: brown and green film covering the mucosa is detected. The itestinal wall is thickened; the cavity sharply narrows down. Microscopy reveals mucosa necrosis of varying depth, necrotic tissue is pierced through with fibrin threads, leucocytic infiltration is observed. What diagnosis is the most probable?

Answer options

  1. Follicular colitis
  2. -
  3. Ulcerative colitis
  4. Catharrhal colon
  5. Fibrinous colitis
Correct answer

Fibrinous colitis

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