General Pathology USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
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?
Answer choices
- ARussell bodies
- BAuer rods
- CLines of ZahnCorrect answer
- DSchistocytes
- EHowell Jolly bodies
- FFibrin-platelet meshwork without laminations
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