A 50-Year-Old Man with Chronic Alcoholism Was Hospitalized for Congestive

question 10

Multiple Choice

A 50-year-old man with chronic alcoholism was hospitalized for congestive heart failure. The left ventricular ejection fraction was 35%, and the heart appeared enlarged on radiographs. Myocardial biopsy was performed, and the biopsy specimen most likely showed

• A) hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes and interstitial fibrosis
• B) massive deposition of amyloid
• C) foci of cardiac cell necrosis surrounded by neutrophils
• D) infiltrates of eosinophils
• E) foci of chronic inflammation containing plasma cells and lymphocytes

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