Audio Qbank – Q76 – A 72F recovering from pneumonia

 

A 72-year-old woman comes to the GP 10 weeks after recovering from mycoplasma pneumonia. CXR shows no abnormalities. Which of the following most likely explains the lack of findings on CXR?

  Angiogenesis and pneumocyte restoration
  Fibroblast proliferation exceeding tissue granulation

  Maintenance of integrity of basement membranes
  Tissue granulation exceeding fibroblast proliferation
  Type II pneumocyte proliferation

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