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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2018

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. Sternal puncture
  2. Abdominal US
  3. Open biopsy of the lymph nodes
  4. Mediastinum tomography
  5. Puncture biopsy of the lymph nodes
Correct answer

Open biopsy of the lymph nodes

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