All of the following are pathologic features of primary tuberculosis, EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: Cavitation
Description: Primary TB is a form of disease that develops in a previously unexposed, and therefore unsensitized person. Secondary TB is the pattern of disease that arises in a previously sensitized host. Cavitation occurs in secondary TB. The caseous necrosis occurring in primary TB is conveed into a cavity in secondary TB. Ref: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, 6th Edition, Pages 723-4
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