KROK 1 2012 – Question 61 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a man who had tuberculosis revealed a 3x2 cm large cavity in the superior lobe of the right lung. The cavity was interconnected with a bronchus, its wall was dense and consisted of three layers: the internal layer was pyogenic, the middle layer was made by tuberculous granulation tissue and the external one was made by connective tissue. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Fibrous focal tuberculosis
- B. Fibrous cavernous tuberculosis
- C. Acute focal tuberculosis
- D. Tuberculoma
- E. Acute cavernous tuberculosis
Hint
Count the layers of the cavity wall and think about how long the process must have been going on to build the outermost layer.
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