Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2017
After mushroom poisoning the patient developed signs of acute hepatic failure leading to his death. On autopsy the liver is diminished, flaccid; the capsule is wrinkled; the tissue is ochre-yellow on section. Microscopically: fatty degeneration of hepatocytes, necrotic central segments of the hepatic lobes. These changes are characteristic of:
Answer options
- Hepatolenticular degeneration
- Fatty hepatosis
- Acute productive hepatitis
- Acute exudative hepatitis
- Massive progressive necrosis
Correct answer
Massive progressive necrosis
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