1 MCQs in Pathology for NEET PG
An 82-year-old bed-bound woman with advanced dementia and recurrent silent aspiration presents with high fever, productive cough with purulent sputum, and dyspnea. Chest X-ray shows bilateral patchy opacities at both lung bases. At autopsy, the cut lung surface reveals the appearance shown in the diagram. The areas marked **A** represent patchy multifocal consolidation centred on airways. Which of the following BEST describes the pathological process responsible for the pattern of consolidation seen in **A**?
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