A 75-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department Due

question 134

Multiple Choice

A 75-year-old man is brought to the emergency department due to 2 hours of left-sided chest pain and dyspnea.  The patient has lived in a skilled nursing facility since developing right-sided hemiplegia, hemi-sensory loss, and aphasia 4 months ago.  He has a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia.  As an ECG is being obtained, the patient develops ventricular fibrillation and dies despite resuscitative efforts.  An autopsy is performed; a coronal section of the brain is shown in the image below. The walls of the brain lesion are most likely composed of which of the following?

• A)Astrocytes
• B)Ependymal cells
• C)Fibroblasts
• D)Oligodendrocytes
• E)Pia mater
• F)Schwann cells

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