KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 162 · KROK (Dentistry)
Autopsy of a dead man with no fixed abode revealed the aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Microscopy of the middle tunica of aorta revealed lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrates, plasma cells, fibroblast cells with some Pirogov-Langhans cells, endovasculitis. What disease should be suspected?
- A. Atherosclerosis
- B. Tuberculosis
- C. Syphilis
- D. Rheumatism
- E. Essential hypertension
Hint
Focus on where the aneurysm is (ascending aorta), which layer is inflamed (the media) and the endovasculitis of the vasa vasorum with lymphocytes and plasma cells.
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