KROK 1 2008 – Question 117 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient died from cardiopulmonary decompensation. Histological examination revealed diffused pulmonary lesion together with interstitial edema, infiltration of tissue by lymphocytes, macrophages, plasmocytes; pulmonary fibrosis, panacinar emphysema. What disease corresponds with the described picture?
- A. Pulmonary atelectasis
- B. Chronic bronchitis
- C. Bronchopneumonia
- D. Bronchial asthma
- E. Fibrosing alveolitis
Hint
Focus on the combination of diffuse interstitial inflammation with fibrosis of the alveolar walls, rather than a disease of the airways or an alveolar exudate.
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