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A 55-year-old recent immigrant from Taiwan presents to the clinic with a 3-month history of worsening nasal congestion, epistaxis, and recurrent ear infections. Physical examination reveals painless firm lymph node enlargement in the neck. CT of the head reveal a large mass situated in the upper nasopharynx. Biopsy of the lesion shows large epithelioid cells intermixed with numerous infiltrating lymphocytes. The infectious agent directly associated with this patient’s pathology is best described by which category?
(A) DNA virus
(B) Eubacterium
(C) Fungus
(D) Mycobacterium
(E) RNA virus
A 55-year-old recent immigrant from Taiwan presents to the clinic with a 3-month history of worsening nasal congestion, epistaxis, and recurrent ear infections. Physical examination reveals painless firm lymph node enlargement in the neck. CT of the head reveal a large mass situated in the upper nasopharynx. Biopsy of the lesion shows large epithelioid cells intermixed with numerous infiltrating lymphocytes. The infectious agent directly associated with this patient’s pathology is best described by which category?
(A) DNA virus
(B) Eubacterium
(C) Fungus
(D) Mycobacterium
(E) RNA virus
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