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Autopsy of a 23-year-old male victim of a motor vehicle accident reveals a small cluster of caseating granulomas in the right lung just above the interlobar fissure and similar granulomas in the hilar lymph nodes. Acid-fast staining demonstrates acid-fast bacilli within these lesions. No other lesions were found in the remaining organs and systems. Which of the following is the MOST accurate interpretation of these findings?

ACavitary tuberculosis
BGhon complex
CHistoplasma infection
DMiliary tuberculosis
Microbiology
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