Question

A chest radiograph of an asymptomatic 37-year-old man showed a 3-cm nodule in the middle lobe of the right lung. The nodule was excised with a pulmonary wedge resection, and sectioning showed the nodule to be sharply circumscribed with a soft, white center. Culture of tissue from the nodule grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Which of the following pathologic processes has most likely occurred in this nodule? a. lipid acummulation b. liqufactive necrosis c. caseous necrosis d. coagulative necrosis e. gangreous necrosis f. apoptosis g. apoptosis h. fat necrosis

Answer 1

caseous necrosis

Step-by-step explanation:

The pathologic process that most likely occurred to this nodule would be caseous necrosis. This occurs at the time of death of a some cells but it is a very unique scenario in which the cell maintains a soft and white proteinaceous dead cell mass, just like in this scenario. This type of cell death usually occurs in lymph nodes but can occur in any cell in the body including in the lung.