jay1
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A 65-year-old man dies of bronchopneumonia. He has a 6-year history of progressive loss of facial expression, tremors, rigidity, and slowing of voluntary movement. At autopsy, loss of pigmented cells is noted in the substantia nigra. Which of the following additional abnormalities is most likely to be present?
A) Loss of neurons in the caudate nuclei
B) Microglial nodules and multinucleated giant cells in the white matter
C)Eosinophilic inclusions (Lewy bodies) in neurons of the substantia nigra
D) Viral inclusions in the oligodendrocytes
E) Neurofibrillary tangles in the cortical neurons
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| rida
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| mash
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lewy bodies
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yes, parkinsonism
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