Question
A 59-year-old female alcoholic is brought to the emergency room with fever and foul-smelling breath. The patient subsequently develops acute bronchopneumonia and dies of respiratory insufficiency. A pulmonary abscess is identified at autopsy is shown in the image. Histologic examination of the wall of this lesion would most likely demonstrate which of the following pathologic changes?
| A. |
Coagulative necrosis |
| B. |
Liquefactive necrosis |
| C. |
Fibrinoid necrosis |
| D. |
Caseous necrosis |
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