Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rheumatic Heart Disease
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High magnification micrograph of rheumatic heart disease. It is due to Streptococcus pyogenes. Microscopic findings include Anitschkow cells (also known as caterpillar cells), and Aschoff bodies. Anitschkow cells are thought to be cardiac histocytes and Aschoff bodies are thought to be granulomas. [1] 

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  1. Love GL, Restrepo C. Aschoff bodies of rheumatic carditis are granulomatous lesions of histiocytic origin. Mod Pathol. 1988 Jul;1(4):256-61. PMID: 3070554.
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