Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2015
A 52-year-old patient complains of pain in the right part of her chest, dyspnea, cough with a lot of albuminoid sputum emitting foul smell of "meat slops". Objectively: the patient's condition is grave, cyanosis is observed, breathing rate is 31/min, percussion sound above the right lung is shortened, auscultation revealed various moist rales (crackles). What is the most probable diagnosis?
Answer options
- Pleura empyema
- Lung gangrene
- Chronic pneumonia
- Multiple bronchiectasis
- Lung abscess
Correct answer
Lung gangrene
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