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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

  1. Acute abscess
  2. Phlegmon
  3. Fibrinous inflammation
  4. Chronic abscess
  5. Empyema
Correct answer

Empyema

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