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A patient with tuberculosis died from progressing cardiopulmonary decompensation. Autopsy in the region 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?

Answer options

  1. Infiltrative tuberculosis
  2. Caseous pneumonia
  3. Tuberculoma
  4. Acute cavernous tuberculosis
  5. Acute focal tuberculosis
Correct answer

Acute cavernous tuberculosis

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