KROK 1 2014 – Question 23 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A male patient is 28 years old. Histological study of a cervical lymph node revealed a change of its pattern due to the proliferation of epithelioid, lymphoid cells and macrophages having nuclei in form of a horseshoe. In the center of some cell clusters there were non-structured light-pink areas with fragments of nuclei. What disease are these changes typical for?
- A. Actinomycosis
- B. Tuberculosis
- C. Tumor metastasis
- D. Hodgkin’s disease
- E. Syphilis
Hint
Focus on the kind of necrosis in the centre of the cell clusters and the cells arranged around it, then ask which chronic infection pairs them.
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