A 37-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a productive cough, fever, and night sweats. An X-ray film of the chest shows an ill-defined area of consolidation at the periphery of the right middle lobe and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Sputum culture grows acid-fast bacilli. Lymph node biopsy in this patient would most likely show which of the following pathologic findings?
A 37-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a productive cough, fever, and night sweats. An X-ray film of the chest shows an ill-defined area of consolidation at the periphery of the right middle lobe and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Sputum culture grows acid-fast bacilli. Lymph node biopsy in this patient would most likely show which of the following pathologic findings?
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A 37-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a productive cough, fever, and night sweats. An X-ray film of the chest shows an ill-defined area of consolidation at the periphery of the right middle lobe and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Sputum culture grows acid-fast bacilli. Lymph node biopsy in this patient would most likely show which of the following pathologic findings?
β Correct Answer: A. Caseating granulomas
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