Question 1
A 58-year-old man dies following an acute myocardial infarction. Histological examination of the left ventricular myocardium demonstrates preserved basic cellular architecture with loss of nuclei and intensely eosinophilic cytoplasm. What type of necrosis is most characteristic of this lesion?
Correct Answer:
Coagulative necrosis
Question 2
A 64-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation suffers an embolic stroke affecting the right middle cerebral artery territory. Three weeks later, autopsy reveals a cystic cavity filled with fluid and cellular debris in the temporal lobe. Which mechanism explains this necrosis pattern?
Correct Answer:
Rapid release of hydrolytic enzymes resulting in complete enzymatic dissolution of tissue
Question 3
A lung biopsy from a 32-year-old immigrant with chronic cough, hemoptysis, and night sweats shows granulomas composed of epithelioid histiocytes and Langhans giant cells surrounding a central acellular, granular, eosinophilic core devoid of tissue architecture. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
Caseous necrosis secondary to tuberculosis
Question 4
A 45-year-old man develops severe epigastric pain radiating to the back following heavy alcohol consumption. Laparotomy reveals chalky-white, firm deposits scattered across the omental fat. Histologically, there are shadowy outlines of necrotic adipocytes with basophilic calcium deposits. What chemical process produced these gross findings?
Correct Answer:
Saponification of fatty acids with calcium ions
Question 5
A 35-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus presents with accelerated hypertension, hematuria, and renal failure. Renal biopsy demonstrates circumferential, intensely eosinophilic, smudgy, refractive material expanding the walls of afferent arterioles with nuclear fragments (karyorrhexis). What is the identity of this histological pattern?
Correct Answer:
Fibrinoid necrosis
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