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During pathomorphological renal investigation of a patient, who for a long time had been suffering from osteomyelitis and died of progressing renal failure, the following was revealed: deposits of homogeneous eosinophilic masses in glomerular mesangium, arterial and arteriolar walls, and stroma, which colored red when stained with Congo red. What pathological process is this?

Answer options

  1. Hyalinosis
  2. Carbohydrate degeneration
  3. Mucoid swelling
  4. Amyloidosis
  5. Calcinosis
Correct answer

Amyloidosis

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