KROK 1 2013 – Question 86 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient died from progressive heart failure. Autopsy revealed that the heart was enlarged in diameter, flabby. The muscle section exhibited irregular blood supply. Histological study of myocardium revealed hyperemia, the stroma was found to have lymphohistiocytic infiltrates with degeneration of cardiomyocytes. The revealed morphological changes are indicative of:
- A. Cardiomyoliposis
- B. Myocardial infarction
- C. Cardiosclerosis
- D. Venous plethora
- E. Non-purulent interstitial myocarditis
Hint
Focus on the type of cells found in the stroma and the accompanying degeneration of myocytes to decide what kind of process affects the myocardium.
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