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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2006

A patient complains of skin painfullness and reddness of the right gastrocnemius muscle. Objectively: body temperature is 38,5°C, enlarged and painful inguinal lymph nodes on the right. Skin of extremity is edematic, hyperemic, covered with eruption in form of vesicles containing dark fluid; its palpation is painful. There is distinct border between normal and hyperemic skin. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Herpetic infection
  2. Chickenpox
  3. Erysipelas, hemorrhagic form
  4. Crus phlegmon
  5. Anthrax, dermal form
Correct answer

Erysipelas, hemorrhagic form

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