Specimen: Heart with aorta (till aortic arch) and spleen.

Gross Pathology:

1. The intima of the aorta shows multiple raised yellow irregular ATHEROSCLEROTIC patches. Some patches are ulcerated and covered with thrombi.

2. The spleen shows a large pyramidal INFARCT,with its base towards the surface. It is brownish incolor with dark congested margins and bulging

bases covered with opaque fibrin deposits (peri-splenitis).

Diagnosis:

1. Atherosclerosis of aorta (with ulceration and

thrombosis).

2. Recent splenic infarct.

Arrow? Atherosclerotic patches, / Two

complications of the lesion seen in the picture?

Ulceration and thrombosis.

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