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*Anitschkow's cells (caterpillar cells)? | *Anitschkow's cells (caterpillar cells)? | ||
**Rheumatic heart disease. | **Rheumatic heart disease. | ||
*Aschoff bodies? | *Aschoff bodies? | ||
**Rheumatic heart disease. | **Rheumatic heart disease. | ||
*Thickening of spongiosa (layer)? | *Thickening of spongiosa (layer)? | ||
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Usually affects the mitral valve. | *Usually affects the mitral valve. | ||
* | *Female > male,<ref>[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/759004-overview]</ref> disputed by Toronto data.<ref name=leong>{{cite journal |author=Leong SW, Soor GS, Butany J, Henry J, Thangaroopan M, Leask RL |title=Morphological findings in 192 surgically excised native mitral valves |journal=Can J Cardiol |volume=22 |issue=12 |pages=1055-61 |year=2006 |month=October |pmid=17036100 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
* | *Associated with [[Marfan's syndrome]] and [[Turner's syndrome]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Wigle ED, Rakowski H, Ranganathan N, Silver MC |title=Mitral valve prolapse |journal=Annu. Rev. Med. |volume=27 |issue= |pages=165–80 |year=1976 |pmid=779595 |doi=10.1146/annurev.me.27.020176.001121 |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
Features<ref>PBoD P.591</ref> | Features<ref>PBoD P.591.</ref> | ||
* | *No commissural fusion. | ||
** | **Commissural fusion typical of rheumatic heart disease. | ||
* | *Thickened. | ||
* | *Rubbery consistency. | ||
* | *Reactive/secondary changes. | ||
** | **Fibrosis due to prolapse/abnormal contact of valve with other structures. | ||
** | **Clots/organized thrombus - due to stasis. | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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====Staining==== | ====Staining==== | ||
*Movat stain | *Movat stain. | ||
** | **Acid fuchsin, alcian blue, crocein scarlet, elastic hematoxylin, pathology consultation, and saffron.<ref>[http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/9832]</ref><ref name=penn_med>Modified Movat's Pentachrome Stain. University Penn Medicine. URL: [http://www.med.upenn.edu/mcrc/histology_core/movat.shtml http://www.med.upenn.edu/mcrc/histology_core/movat.shtml]. Accessed on: January 29, 2009.</ref> | ||
Interpretation of Movat stain:<ref name=penn_med/> | Interpretation of Movat stain:<ref name=penn_med/> | ||
*black = nuclei and elastic fibers | *black = nuclei and elastic fibers. | ||
*yellow = collagen and reticular fibers | *yellow = collagen and reticular fibers. | ||
*blue = mucin, ground substance | *blue = mucin, ground substance. | ||
*red (intense) = fibrin | *red (intense) = fibrin. | ||
*red = muscle | *red = muscle. | ||
==Rheumatic heart disease== | ==Rheumatic heart disease== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Classically leads to mitral valve stenosis. | *Classically leads to mitral valve stenosis. | ||
**Rheumatic fever accounts for 99% of mitral stenosis<ref>PBoD P.594</ref> | **Rheumatic fever accounts for 99% of mitral stenosis<ref>PBoD P.594.</ref> | ||
*Disease less frequent today - as streptococcal pharynigits is treated. | *Disease less frequent today - as streptococcal pharynigits is treated. | ||
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref>PBoD P.593</ref> | Features:<ref>PBoD P.593.</ref> | ||
*Caterpillar cell (aka Anitschkow cells) | *Caterpillar cell (aka Anitschkow cells) | ||
**Abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. | **Abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. | ||
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**Well-defined central ovoid nucleus with a prominent wavy ribbon-like chromatin -- looks vaguely like a caterpillar with some immagination. | **Well-defined central ovoid nucleus with a prominent wavy ribbon-like chromatin -- looks vaguely like a caterpillar with some immagination. | ||
**Pathognomonic for rheumatic fever. | **Pathognomonic for rheumatic fever. | ||
*Aschoff bodies: | *Aschoff bodies: | ||
**Usually in the heart itself, | **Usually in the heart itself, | ||
**Jumbled collagen, eosinophilic, and | **Jumbled collagen, eosinophilic, and | ||
**Surrounded by lymphocytes (T cells) +/- plasma cells. | **Surrounded by lymphocytes (T cells) +/- plasma cells. | ||
Images: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aschoff_Body_in_Rheumatic_Myocarditis.jpg Aschoff body (WC)]. | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anitschkow_Myocytes_in_an_Aschoff_Body,_Rheumatic_Myocarditis.jpg Anitschkow myocytes (WC)]. | |||
==Endocarditis== | ==Endocarditis== |
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