phuluong2k
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A 38-year-old man has a health screening examination. He has a routine chest x-ray that shows a 2 cm nodule in the right lower lobe. The nodule has focal calcifications. A wedge resection of the nodule is done. On microscopic examination the nodule shows caseous necrosis and calcification. Which of the following processes explains the appearance of the calcium deposition:
A Dystrophic calcification
B Apoptosis
C Hypercalcemia
D Metastatic calcification
E Excessive ingestion of calcium
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| mjl1717
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dystrophic calcification since there is cell injury
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