A 63-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to Fever

question 726

Multiple Choice

A 63-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to fever and loss of appetite.  He also has chest pain with deep breaths.  The patient has never had regular medical care and his medical history is unknown.  He has smoked half a pack of cigarettes daily for 30 years.  Laboratory evaluation shows a hematocrit of 56%.  Chest imaging shows multiple round lesions in both lungs.  Biopsy of one of the lesions reveals the microscopic findings shown below. This patient's metastatic disease most likely originated from which of the following organs?

• A)Bone
• B)Brain
• C)Colon
• D)Kidney
• E)Stomach
• F)Testis

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