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A 52-year-old woman presents with a 1-year history of upper truncal obesity and moderate depression. Physical examination shows hirsutism and moon facies. A CT scan of the thorax displays a hilar mass. A transbronchial lung biopsy discloses small cell carcinoma. Electron microscopy of this patient’s lung tumor will most likely reveal which of the following cytologic features?

ACouncilman bodies
BHyperplasia of endoplasmic reticulum
CMitochondrial calcification
DNeuroendocrine granules
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