Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2007
A 30 y.o. man presents with a history of recurrent pneumonia and a chronic cough production of foul smelling, pi-rulent sputum, ocassionally glood tinged, which is worse in the morning and on lying down. On physical examination, the patient appears chronically ill with clubbing of fingers, inspiratory rales at the base of lungs posteriorly. Most likely diagnosis:
Answer options
- Chronic bronchitis
- Bronchoectasis
- Disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis
- Chronic obstructive emphysema
- Pulmonary neoplasm
Correct answer
Bronchoectasis
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