This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Pathology
Aschoff bodies in Rheumatic heart disease show all of the following features, except - 
Select and explain. 
A. Anitschkow cells, B. Epithelioid cells, C. Giant cells, D. Fibrinoid necrosis
B: Epithelioid cells
Answer: B: Epithelioid cells 
Explanation: Aschoff body is the microscopic lesion that is diagnostic of rheumatic fever. It is characterized by an area of granular fibrinoid necrosis surrounded by :-

a. Histiocytes
b. Lymphocytes
c. Plasma cells
d. Fibroblasts
e. Collagen
f. Anitschkow cells -
Anitschkow cells are actually histiocytes which have become multinucleated to form Aschoff giant cells.

Aschoff bodies can occur in any layer* of the heart but they are most commonly seen in subendocardial region* and the myocardial interstitium.