Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2021
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
- Cardiosclerosis
- Fatty heart
- Fatty degeneration of the myocardium
- Myomalacia
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
Correct answer
Fatty degeneration of the myocardium
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