Histopathology Atlas

HEART

• Histology:

  • Heart

• Inflammatory heart disease:

  • Myocarditis

  • Endocarditis

  • Pericarditis

• Myocardial infarction:

  • Morphological changes 4-24 hours

  • Morphological changes 1-7 days

  • Morphological changes 7-14 days

  • Myocardial scarring > 2 months

• Cardiac tumors:

  • Myxoma

  • Papillary fibroelastoma

• Other diseases:

  • Brown atrophy

  • Amyloidosis

VESSELS

• Histology:

  • Artery

  • Vein

• Atherosclerosis:

  • Atherosclerotic plaque

  • Thrombus

• Vessel abnormalities:

  • Aneurysms

  • Aortic dissection - Marfan syndrome

  • Arteriovenous haemangioma

• Vasculitis:

  • Polyarteritis nodosa

• Vascular tumors:

  • Capillary hemangioma

  • Lymphangioma

  • Angiosarcoma

  • Kaposi sarcoma