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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2016

A 24-year-old patient visited a doctor complaining of enlargement of his submaxillary lymph nodes. Objectively: submaxillary, axillary and inguinal lymph nodes are enlarged. Chest X-ray shows: enlarged lymph nodes of mediastinum. Blood test: erythrocytes - 3,4 × 1012/l, Hb- 100 g/l, blood colour index - 0,88, platelets - 190 × 109/l, leucocytes - 7,5 × 109/l, eosinophils - 8%, band neutrophils - 2%, segmented neutrophils - 67%, lymphocytes - 23%, ESR - 22 mm/hour. What test must be prescribed to verify the cause of lymphadenopathy?

Answer options

  1. Puncture biopsy of lymph nodes
  2. Sternal puncture
  3. Open biopsy of lymph nodes
  4. Ultrasonography of abdominal cavity
  5. Mediastinum tomography
Correct answer

Open biopsy of lymph nodes

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