MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

ABDOMINAL

GENERALISED LYMPHADENOPATHY

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A 48-year old male, with a history of common cold after acute cooling, presented to his physician with symptoms of lung a heart insufficiency. He died soon at the hospital. A post-mortem revealed the right lung enlarged, firm, hypoventilated, with a liver-like consistency and fibrin fibers on the pleura. On a cut section pulmonary tissue had a gray coloring and looked granular. A turbid liquid flowed down the surface. Histological investigation showed an acute inflammation with the exudate within alveoli consisted mainly of neutrophil polymorphs. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A
Croupous pneumonia
B
Staphylococcal pneumonia
C
Focal pneumonia
D
Intestinal interalveolar pneumonia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most common symptom of patients with chronic bronchitis is a cough. The history of a cough typical of chronic bronchitis is characterized to be present for most days in a month lasting for 3 months, with at least 2 such episodes occurring for 2 years in a row.

Detailed explanation-2: -Patients may be obese. Frequent cough and expectoration are typical. Use of accessory muscles of respiration is common. Coarse rhonchi and wheezing may be heard on auscultation. More items •03-Jun-2022

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