KROK 1 2023 – Question 24 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 43-year-old patient, who had been suffering from tuberculosis for a long time, developed bleeding from the lungs, which resulted in the patient's death. Autopsy detected several oval and round cavities in the lungs. The walls of the cavities were formed by necrotic masses and lung tissue. What form of tuberculosis can be characterized by these pathological changes?
- A. Fibrocavitary tuberculosis
- B. Acute cavernous tuberculosis
- C. Acute focal tuberculosis
- D. Tuberculoma
- E. Caseous pneumonia
Hint
Consider the structure of the cavity walls: when necrosis borders lung tissue directly, with no fibrous layer, think about how recent the cavities are.
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