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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2017

During autopsy of a man, who had been suffering from mitral stenosis, the lungs are revealed to be dense and brown-colored. What pathologic process had occurred in the lungs?

Answer options

  1. Lipofuscinosis
  2. Hemosiderosis
  3. Jaundice
  4. Hemochromatosis
  5. Hemomelanosis
Correct answer

Hemosiderosis

Explanation

Iron is seen as a coarse brown hemosiderin pigment deposited.

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