Which is not seen in Aschoff bodies -: (A) Giant cell, (B) Aschoff cells, (C) Fibroblasts, (D) Polymorphonuclear cells
Answer is D. Aschoff bodies pathognomonic for rheumatic fever foci of swollen eosinophilic collagen surrounded by collections of lymphocytes (primarily T cells) plasma cells, and plump activated macrophages called Anitschkow cells Aschoff giant cells occasionally punctuating zones of fibrinoid necrosis ref robbins 9th ed page 391