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**Consider myxomatous change. | **Consider myxomatous change. | ||
=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
*Inflammation? | *Inflammation? | ||
**Consider endocarditis. | **Consider endocarditis. | ||
*Anitschkow's cells? | *Anitschkow's cells (caterpillar cells)? | ||
**Rheumatic heart disease. | **Rheumatic heart disease. | ||
***Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anitschkow_Myocytes_in_an_Aschoff_Body,_Rheumatic_Myocarditis.jpg Anitschkow cells (WC)]. | |||
*Aschoff bodies | *Aschoff bodies? | ||
** | **Rheumatic heart disease. | ||
***Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aschoff_Body_in_Rheumatic_Myocarditis.jpg Aschoff body (WC)]. | |||
*Thickening of spongiosa (layer)? | *Thickening of spongiosa (layer)? | ||