KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 112 · KROK (Dentistry)
Histological examination of the myocardium of a 47-year-old patient with rheumatic heart disease (section material) revealed big visually empty vacuoles within the cardiomyocytes. They turn black, when stained with osmic acid, and yellow-red, when stained with sudan III. What pathological process is it?
- A. Hydropic degeneration
- B. Carbohydrate degeneration
- C. Adipose degeneration
- D. Dysproteinosis
- E. Hyaline droplet degeneration
Hint
Consider which substance is dissolved out during routine processing (leaving empty vacuoles) but is stained black by osmium and orange-red by Sudan III.
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