A 70-Year-Old Woman with a History of Unilateral Extremity Weakness

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A 70-year-old woman with a history of unilateral extremity weakness and seizures is found unresponsive at home by her home health care nurse.  On arrival of emergency medical services, she is found to have no pulse or spontaneous respirations and is declared dead.  Autopsy shows a large thrombus occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery.  Additional cerebral findings are shown in the exhibit. 
Which of the following most accurately describes the pathogenesis of this patient's brain lesion?

• A)Fibroblast proliferation in the affected area
• B)Granulomatous reaction against parasites
• C)Immune-mediated focal demyelination
• D)Necrosis of rapidly dividing, anaplastic astrocytes
• E)Tissue destruction by lysosomal enzymes

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