KROK 1 2017 – Question 158 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
In a body of a 37-year-old woman, who died with signs of pulmonary edema, there was detected acute deformation of the aortic valve: it is shortened, thickened, ulcerated, has areas of stone-like density. On its external surface there are large, up to 2 cm in diameter, thrombotic plaques. Left ventricle wall is 2,2 cm thick. Cardiac muscle is dull, matt, and flaccid. What type of endocarditis corresponds with described alterations of the aortic valve?
- A. Acute verrucous endocarditis
- B. Fibroplastic endocarditis
- C. Recurrent verrucous endocarditis
- D. Diffuse endocarditis
- E. Ulcerative polypoid endocarditis
Hint
Consider the type of valve damage, whether the tissue is destroyed or only thickened, and the size and nature of the deposits on the leaflet.
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