KROK 1 2018 – Question 75 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Microscopy of the myocardium of a girl, who died of diphtheria due to heart failure, shows fatty degeneration, multiple foci of cardiomyocytes necrosis, and small foci of cellular infiltrates in the interstitium. What type of myocarditis is it?
- A. Alterative
- B. Focal exudative
- C. Interstitial
- D. Granulomatous
- E. Diffuse exudative
Hint
Decide which component of the inflammatory process predominates here, given what the toxin does to the cardiomyocytes and how modest the cellular infiltrate is.
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