STATION 7 ANSWERS

A 80 yr old bedridden patient died.  An autopsy was done.

1.    Identify the organ and give your diagnosis?

Lung. Bronchopneumonia.

2.    List the main histological features.

Patchy consolidation of alveolar tissues / spaces (multinucleated, bilateral, basal, mutilobar)

Suppurative, neutrophil rich exudates fills the bronchi, bronchioles and adjacent alveolar spaces

3.    Give 2 clinical manifestations.

Malaise, fever, cough with sputum

Pleuritic chest pain.

4.    What are the common causal organisms?

a.    Staphylococcus aureus.

b.    Streptococcus pneumoniae.

c.    Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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