A 55-Year-Old Man Who Was on Renal Dialysis Was Admitted

question 6

Multiple Choice

A 55-year-old man who was on renal dialysis was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of nausea and vomiting. A gastric biopsy was performed. The gastric mucosa contained foci of amorphous, bluish (basophilic) material forming aggregates 10-20 mm in diameter. These aggregates were seen mostly in the stroma between the foveolar cells. No other abnormalities were seen, and the pathologist concluded that these changes represent evidence of

• A) Helicobacter pylori infection
• B) peptic ulcer formation
• C) dystrophic calcification
• D) metastatic calcification
• E) apoptosis

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