KROK 1 2016 – Question 36 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A man is 28 years old. Histological investigation of the cervical lymph node revealed a change of its pattern due to proliferation of epithelioid, lymphoid cells and macrophages with horseshoe-shaped nuclei. In the center of some cell clusters there were non-structured light-pink areas with fragments of nuclei. What disease are these changes typical of?
- A. Actinomycosis
- B. Syphilis
- C. Tumor metastasis
- D. Tuberculosis
- E. Hodgkin’s disease
Hint
Combine the cell composition of the clusters with the amorphous pink centre containing nuclear debris, and ask which type of necrosis and which kind of granuloma this describes.
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