Sudden Cardiac Death due to Coronary Artery Vasculitis in a Patient with Relapsing Polychondritis

Figure 1

Histology of coronary artery from the patient described in this case report. (a) Low-power magnification of coronary artery demonstrating inflammatory infiltrate, hyalinization, and calcification (marked by arrows in clockwise fashion, respectively) (hemotoxylin and eosin (H&E), 20x). (b) High-power magnification demonstrating a storiform pattern of fibrosis, enclosed within the dashed line (H&E, 100x). (c) High-power magnification demonstrating lymphoplasmacytic nature of inflammation with arrows indicating representative plasma cells and lymphocytes (H&E, 400x).