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A 38-year-old patient died with multiple thromboembolisms of various organs. In the cardiac tissue, macrophage granulomas were detected in the valvular and parietal endocardium with endocardial damage and deposition of thrombotic masses. Macrophage granulomas were detected in the myocardium, as well. These pathological changes are characteristic of the following disease:

Answer options

  1. Rheumatism
  2. Essential hypertension
  3. Systemic lupus erythematosus
  4. Atherosclerosis
  5. Infectious myocarditis
Correct answer

Rheumatism

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