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A 50-year-old chronic alcoholic presents to the emergency room with 12 hours of severe abdominal pain. The pain radiates to the back and is associated with an urge to vomit. Physical examination discloses exquisite abdominal tenderness. Laboratory studies show elevated serum amylase. Which of the following morphologic changes would be expected in the peripancreatic tissue of this patient?

ACoagulative necrosis
BCaseous necrosis
CFat necrosis
DFibrinoid necrosis
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