Posted by JK from IP 129.252.69.45 on July 17, 2008 at 15:33:08:
10. A 29-year-old African American woman presents with nonspecific symptoms, including malaise and mild subjective fever. A chest x-ray reveals bilateral enlarged hilar lymph nodes (“potato nodes”) with mottling of the lungs. Laboratory evaluation finds elevated serum levels of calcium and angiotensin-converting enzyme. No organisms are found with any cultured material. A biopsy from her enlarged lymph nodes most likely would reveal the presence of what abnormality?
A. Caseating granulomas
B. Infiltrating malignant cells
C. Noncaseating granulomas
D. Stellate abscesses
E. Sterile microabscesses