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6270 Pathology

A 30-year-old woman complains of headache, visual disturbances, deepening of the voice, and generalized weakness. She repos amenorrhea for the past year and states that she recently required a larger shoe size. Laboratory studies show impaired glucose tolerance. What other procedure would be useful for establishing your diagnosis?

ACBC with differential count
BCT scan of the abdomen
CMRI of the sella turcica
DTest for serum 21-hydroxylase
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6271 Pathology

A 48-year-old man with AIDS is admitted to the hospital with a fever of 38.7degC (103degF). The patient has a 2-week history of persistent cough and diarrhea. Laboratory studies show that the CD4+ cell count is less than 500/mL. A sputum culture reveals acid-fast organisms, which are fuher identified as Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare. This patient’s pneumonia is characterized by extensive pulmonary infiltrates of which of the following cell types?

ACD4+ helper T cells
BEosinophils
CMacrophages
DNeutrophils
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