KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 197 · KROK (Dentistry)
During autopsy of the body of a patient, who had died due to heart failure, the following has been detected: myogenic dilatation of the heart left ventricle, microfocal cardiosclerosis, vasculitis, Aschoff bodies with disorganization of connective tissue, myocardosis. Make the diagnosis:
- A. Cardiac infarction
- B. Systemic lupus erythematosus
- C. Rheumatic productive myocarditis
- D. Rheumatic exudative myocarditis
- E. Myocardial ischemic dystrophy
Hint
Aschoff granulomas point to the disease; ask whether a cellular granulomatous reaction or a serous-fibrinous one dominates.
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