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Exercise Eight

A 63-year-old male was diagnosed as having carcinoma of the esophagus with metastatic lesions in the lung. The condition had progressed to a point where an x-ray examination showed a chronic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung. In addition, the medical history reported that the patient had suffered a coronary thrombosis within the past month.

Select the the two terms that describe the information contained in the above paragraph.

 
1 bronchiectasis 2 bronchitis
3 myocardial infarct 4 hypertension

Answer:

1. bronchiectasis -- a chronic dilatation of the bronchi
3. myocardial infarct -- coronary thrombosis (the formation of a clot in a coronary artery, obstructing the flow of blood and causing infarction of the myocardium)

 

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