KROK 1 2007 – Question 13 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a 58 y.o. man revealed that bicuspid valve was deformed, thickened and unclosed. Microscopically: foci of collagen fibrilla are eosinophilic, react positively to fibrin. The most probably it is:
- A. Hyalinosis
- B. Mucoid swelling
- C. Fibrinous inflammation
- D. Amyloidosis
- E. Fibrinoid swelling
Hint
Collagen that becomes intensely eosinophilic and gives the staining reactions of fibrin signals a deep, irreversible disorganization of connective tissue, typical of rheumatic heart disease.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Pathomorphology
- A patient died under conditions of cardiovascular insufficiency. Autopsy results: postinfarction cardiosclerosis, myocardium hypertrophy and…
- Autopsy of a man who died from chronic cardiovascular collapse revealed "tiger heart". Sidewards of endocardium a yellowish-white banding can be…
- Examination of coronary arteries revealed atherosclerotic calcific plaques that close vessel lumen by 1/3. The muscle has multiple whitish layers of…
- 6 months after delivery a woman had uterine bleeding. Gynecological examination revealed in the uterine cavity a dark-red tissue with multiple…
- Mucous membrane of the right palatine tonsil has a painless ulcer with smooth lacquer fundus and regular cartilaginous edges. Microscopically…
- Microscopical examination of a removed appendix revealed an edema, diffuse neutrophilic infiltration of appendix wall along with necrosis and defect…