Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2011
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
- Infiltrative tuberculosis
- Caseous pneumonia
- Tuberculoma
- Acute cavernous tuberculosis
- Acute focal tuberculosis
Correct answer
Acute cavernous tuberculosis
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