Question
A 37-year-old man with AIDS is admitted to the hospital with a 3-week history of chest pain and shortness of breath. An X-ray film of the chest shows bilateral nodularities of the lungs. A CT-guided lung biopsy is shown in the image. The multinucleated cell in the center of this field is most likely derived from which of the following inflammatory cells?
| A. |
Basophils
|
| B. |
Smooth muscle cells |
| C. |
Myofibroblasts |
| D. |
Macrophages |
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