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Pathology Cardiovascular system 68e0ce58

ASCOff'S bodies are seen in

A
LIb-man sac endocarditis
B
Rheumatic hea disease
C
Bacterial endocarditis
D
Marantic endocarditis
High-Yield Explanation
Acute rheumatic fever is characterized by discrete inflammatory foci within a variety of tissues. The myocardial inflammatory lesions--called Aschoff bodies--are pathognomonic for rheumatic fever (Fig. 10-19, B); these are collections of lymphocytes (primarily T cells), scattered plasma cells, and plump activated macrophages called Anitschkow cells occasionally punctuating zones of fibrinoid necrosis. (Robbins Basic pathology,9th edition.pg no.391)

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