KROK 1 2008 – Question 153 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient ill with tuberculosis died from progressing cardiopulmonary decompensation. Autopsy in the area of the right lung apex revealed a cavity 5 cm in diameter communicating with lumen of a segmental bronchus. On the inside cavity walls are covered with caseous masses with epithelioid and Langhans cells beneath them. What morphological form of tuberculosis is it?
- A. Caseous pneumonia
- B. Acute focal tuberculosis
- C. Tuberculoma
- D. Acute cavernous tuberculosis
- E. Infiltrative tuberculosis
Hint
Think about a single apical cavity opening into a bronchus, with a wall that has a caseous lining and a granulomatous layer but no dense fibrous capsule.
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