KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 124 · KROK (Dentistry)
Autopsy of a young man revealed lung cavities with inner walls made up of granulation tissue of varying degree of maturity, pronounced pneumosclerosis and bronchiectasis. Some cavities had caseation areas. What is your presumptive diagnosis?
- A. Caseous pneumonia
- B. Fibrous cavernous tuberculosis
- C. Bronchiectasis
- D. Acute cavernous tuberculosis
- E. Infiltrative tuberculosis
Hint
Focus on the cavity walls: what does granulation tissue at different stages of maturity, together with marked lung fibrosis, say about how long the cavities have existed?
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