General Pathology USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 36 year old man presents with 3 months of cough, weight loss, night sweats, and intermittent hemoptysis. He recently immigrated from an area with high tuberculosis prevalence. Chest imaging shows cavitary lesions in the upper lobes. Biopsy of a lung lesion demonstrates amorphous granular debris surrounded by epithelioid histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells. Which of the following types of necrosis is most likely present?
Answer choices
- ACaseous necrosisCorrect answer
- BFibrinoid necrosis
- CFat necrosis
- DLiquefactive necrosis
- ECoagulative necrosis
- FGangrenous necrosis
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