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Autopsy of the body of a 62-year-old man, who died with progressing signs of heart failure, revealed enlarged heart. The heart is flaccid and its chambers are distended. The myocardium is dull and clay-yellow on section. The endocardium has yellow-white stripes that is especially marked in the papillary muscles. What pathological process is the most likely?

Answer options

  1. Cardiosclerosis
  2. Fatty heart
  3. Fatty degeneration of the myocardium
  4. Myomalacia
  5. Dilated cardiomyopathy
Correct answer

Fatty degeneration of the myocardium

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