Coin Lesion Found in Lung of 34-Year-Old Woman

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A 34-year-old woman presents with a coin lesion in the right upper lobe of the lung. What is your diagnosis?

A 34-year-old woman presents with a coin lesion in the right upper lobe of the lung. Looking at the pathology slide below, what is your diagnosis?

 

 

What is your diagnosis?

A. Mesothelioma
B. Squamous cell carcinoma
C. Adenocarcinoma
D. Pneumocytoma (sclerosing hemangioma)

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