KROK 1 2017 – Question 128 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a patient, who died of bilateral bronchopneumonia, shows in the left lung lower lobe a cavity 5 cm in diameter, filled with liquid yellowish-white substance. What complication of the patient’s pneumonia had developed?
- A. Gangrene
- B. Granuloma
- C. Abscess
- D. Sequestrum
- E. Tuberculoma
Hint
Think about how lung tissue reacts when pyogenic bacteria cause focal melting, and what a well-circumscribed fluid-filled cavity on the cut surface represents.
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