A 76-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department After

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Multiple Choice

A 76-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being involved in a motor vehicle collision.  He is found to have a laceration of the spleen and is taken for emergent laparotomy.  During surgery, the patient goes into cardiac arrest and dies, despite aggressive resuscitation efforts.  Autopsy examination is performed and shows areas of thickening inside the chest wall as shown below. Lung examination shows fibrosis of the lower lobes.  Pathologic examination of these fibrotic areas is most likely to reveal which of the following findings?

• A)Alveolar hyaline membranes
• B)Birefringent silicate particles
• C)Carbon-laden macrophages
• D)Cells with dense-core granules
• E)Coalescence of granulomas
• F)Ferruginous bodies

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