KROK 1 2013 – Question 173 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Microscopy of the bronchial wall revealed atrophy of the mucosa, metaplastic change from columnar to squamous epithelium, an increase in the number of goblet cells, diffuse infiltration of the bronchial wall with lymphoplasmacytic elements with a large number of neutrophilic granulocytes, pronounced sclerosis. Specify the morphological form of bronchitis:
- A. Chronic purulent bronchitis
- B. Acute bronchitis
- C. Chronic bronchitis
- D. Acute purulent bronchitis
- E. Polypoid chronic bronchitis
Hint
Combine the signs of long-standing remodelling with the type of cells in the infiltrate to decide both the time course and the character of this inflammation.
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