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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2022

A 9-year-old child became acutely ill and developed fever of 39.5°C, intoxication, petechial rash with centrally located necroses on the legs, purulent inflammation of the ocular tunics, and cardiovascular failure with a sharp drop in blood pressure, The child died. Autopsy of the body shows vasculitis with thromboses, necroses, hemorrhages, and a purulent inflammation on the skin and in the internal organs; the adrenal glands are enlarged, dark red, and have massive hemorrhages. What disease be can characterized by these signs ?

Answer options

  1. Meningococcemia with Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
  2. Scarlet fever
  3. Hemorrhagic vasculitis
  4. Acute miliary tuberculosis
  5. Measles
Correct answer

Meningococcemia with Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

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