KROK 1 2018 – Question 2 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a woman revealed the following morphologic changes: stenosis of the atrioventricular opening, mitral insufficiency. Histologically there are focal cardiosclerosis and ”blooming” Aschoff nodules in the myocardium. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Scleroderma
- B. Systemic lupus erythematosus
- C. Rheumatism
- D. Polyarteritis nodosa
- E. Dermatomyositis
Hint
Ask which systemic inflammatory disease of connective tissue produces both a characteristic myocardial granuloma and a chronic deformity of the mitral valve.
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