KROK 1 2010 – Question 54 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 30 year old man had been suffering from acute respiratory disease and died from cardiopulmonary decompensation. Autopsy revealed fibrinous-haemorrhagic inflammation in the mucous membrane of larynx and trachea, destructive panbronchitis, enlarged lungs that look black due to the multiple abscesses, haemorrhages, necrosis. What is the most probable postmortem diagnosis?
- A. Adenoviral infection
- B. Respiratory syncytial infection
- C. Measles
- D. Parainfluenza
- E. Influenza
Hint
Compare the destructive, haemorrhagic pattern of the airway and lung lesions with the usually milder patterns produced by other respiratory viruses.
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