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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

  1. Pleura empyema
  2. Lung gangrene
  3. Chronic pneumonia
  4. Multiple bronchiectasis
  5. Lung abscess
Correct answer

Lung gangrene

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