KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 48 · KROK (Dentistry)
A female patient with heavy poisoning caused by sepsis has died. "Tiger heart" was revealed during autopsy. Microscopic investigation allowed to detect lipids in the cardiac myocytes cytoplasm. What morphogenetic development mechanism is the main cause of this kind of dystrophy?
- A. Infiltration
- B. Pathological synthesis
- C. Transformation
- D. Decomposition
- E. -
Hint
Recall the four morphogenetic mechanisms of degeneration and decide which one predominates when toxins and hypoxia damage the cardiomyocytes themselves.
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