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(Created page with "'''Staining''': HE '''Organ''': Myocardium '''Description''': We can see the normal signs of hypertrophic myocardium: interstitial fibrosis, enlarged nuclei and (some) lipofuscin pigment. In an area almost in the exact middle of the slide is an area where the myocardial cells have lost their orientation. '''Diagnosis''': Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy '''Causes''': * Genetic defects '''Theory''': Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has the same microscopic morphology as si...")
 
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'''Staining''': HE
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy overview.png|thumb|The marked area is where you’ll find the evidence for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Note how it’s between the artery on the upper left and the big vein (?) on the lower right. That should make it easier to find. If you have trouble recognizing the slide you can remember the blocky appearance of the upper right corner of the slide.]]'''Staining''': HE


'''Organ''': Myocardium
'''Organ''': Myocardium
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has the same microscopic morphology as simple hypertrophic myocardium, but also has areas where there is ''loss of orientation''.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has the same microscopic morphology as simple hypertrophic myocardium, but also has areas where there is ''loss of orientation''.
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy overview.png|center|thumb|The marked area is where you’ll find the evidence for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Note how it’s between the artery on the upper left and the big vein (?) on the lower right. That should make it easier to find. If you have trouble recognizing the slide you can remember the blocky appearance of the upper right corner of the slide.]]
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy close-up.png|thumb|Close-up of that area. Note how the myocardial fibres have no direction. Compare with the picture below|left]]
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy close-up.png|center|thumb|Close-up of that area. Note how the myocardial fibres have no direction. Compare with the picture below]]
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy longitudinal.png|thumb|From the same slide, but from another area of the slide where the loss of orientation can’t be seen, only the normal signs of hypertrophic myocardium|left]]
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy longitudinal.png|center|thumb|From the same slide, but from another area of the slide where the loss of orientation can’t be seen, only the normal signs of hypertrophic myocardium]]
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy perpendicular.png|thumb|Normal signs of hypertrophic myocardium]]
[[File:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy perpendicular.png|center|thumb|Normal signs of hypertrophic myocardium]]
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[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]]