KROK 1 2018 – Question 101 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of the body of a 50-year-old man, who had been suffering from tuberculosis and died of cardiopulmonary decompensation, shows lobar affection of the lungs: the upper lobe of the right lung is enlarged, dense, yellow on section, crumbling, with pleural fibrin deposition. What type of secondary tuberculosis can be characterized by this pathology?
- A. Tuberculoma
- B. Infiltrative tuberculosis
- C. Caseous pneumonia
- D. Fibrous focal tuberculosis
- E. Acute focal tuberculosis
Hint
Consider the extent of the lesion, a whole lobe versus a limited focus, and the type of exudate and necrosis suggested by the yellow, crumbling cut surface.
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