Pneumonia, giant cell
Pneumonia, giant cell: Also known as Hecht's pneumonia, this is a deadly but fortunately rare complication of measles.
It tends to strike children who are immunodeficient as from leukemia or HIV/AIDS.
The postmortem examination (autopsy) shows multinucleated giant cells lining the alveoli (air sacs) of the lungs.
Named for the early 20th-century Austrian pathologist Victor Hecht