HomeKROK Question Archive
Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2013

2 weeks after labour a parturient woman developed breast pain being observed for 3 days. Examination revealed body temperature at the rate of 39°C, chills, weakness, hyperaemia, enlargement, pain and deformity of the mammary gland. On palpation the infiltrate was found to have an area of softening and fluctuation. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Phlegmonous mastitis
  2. Mastopathy
  3. Lactostasis
  4. Infiltrative-purulent mastitis
  5. Serous mastitis
Correct answer

Infiltrative-purulent mastitis

This educational archive is provided by KROKEXAM and is not an official testing authority publication.