KROK 1 2023 – Question 29 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of the body of a man who died of croupous pneumonia revealed an opaque liquid in the pleural cavity and a grayish film on the visceral pleura. What type of inflammation is observed on the visceral pleura?
- A. Granulomatous
- B. Purulent
- C. Hemorrhagic
- D. Catarrhal
- E. Fibrinous
Hint
Think about the type of exudate that forms when vessel walls become highly permeable to large plasma proteins, and about whether the pleura is a serous or a mucous membrane.
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