Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2018
A 52-year-old patient complains of pain in the right part of her chest, dyspnea, cough with large amounts of foamy sputum emitting foul smell and resembling "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 likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Lung gangrene
- Multiple bronchiectasis
- Chronic pneumonia
- Empyema of pleura
- Lung abscess
Correct answer
Lung gangrene
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