Cardiomyopathy - histiocytoid

 

 

The myocytes in this photograph have taken on an oncocytic appearance. This entity has many synonyms including oncocytic

CM, infantile CM, focal lipid CM, congenital CM. As in all oncocytes, these cells show abundant, large mitochondria on EM.

 

 

1 minute clinical correlation

 

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