A 61 year old man with long standing hypertension and tobacco use develops sudden severe pain and pallor of the right foot. Angiography shows acute occlusion of a popliteal artery plaque by a superimposed thrombus. Histology of the thrombus would most likely show which of the following findings indicating formation in flowing blood before death?
- A)Russell bodies
- B)Auer rods
- C)Lines of ZahnGABARITO
- D)Schistocytes
- E)Howell Jolly bodies
Explicação
Lines of Zahn are alternating pale platelet and fibrin layers with darker red cell rich layers, and they indicate thrombus formation in moving blood. This helps distinguish antemortem thrombi from postmortem clots. Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →