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Autopsy of a 28-year-old patient, who had been suffering from rheumatism and died of heart failure, revealed pancarditis. Histological investigation of myocardium of the left ventricle posterior wall and interventricular septum detected perivascular cellular focal infiltrates composed of macrophages and creating palisade structures surrounding areas of fibrinoid necrosis. Determine the type of myocarditis:

Answer options

  1. Diffuse interstitial exudative
  2. Focal interstitial exudative
  3. Granulomatous
  4. -
  5. Diffuse interstitial productive
Correct answer

Granulomatous

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