Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2011
A 49-year-old patient with croupous pneumonia died from pneumococcal septicemia. Autopsy revealed up to 700 ml of turbid greenish-yellow foul-smelling liquid in the left pleural cavity. The pleural leaflets were dull and plethoric. What form of pleural inflammation is it?
Answer options
- Acute abscess
- Phlegmon
- Fibrinous inflammation
- Chronic abscess
- Empyema
Correct answer
Empyema
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