KROK 1 2008 – Question 47 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Histological examination of a skin tissue sampling revealed granulomas consisting of macrophagal nodules with lymphocytes and plasmatic cells. There are also some big macrophages with fatty vacuoles containing causative agents of a disease packed up in form of spheres (Virchow’s cells). Granulation tissue is well vascularized. What disease is this granuloma typical for?
- A. Lepra
- B. Glanders
- C. Syphilis
- D. Rhinoscleroma
- E. Tuberculosis
Hint
Compare the cell make-up of this granuloma (foamy macrophages packed with bacilli, lymphocytes, plasma cells, no caseation) with the typical granuloma of each listed disease.
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