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A 37-Year-Old Woman Who Is on Chemotherapy Is Admitted in Respiratory

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A 37-year-old woman who is on chemotherapy is admitted in respiratory distress. She had signs of focal central nervous system (CNS) lesions early in the day and is now in a comatose state. Both the CNS and pulmonary biopsies show dichotomously-branching (at an acute angle) , septate hyphae. What is the most likely underlying condition?


A) CD4+CD4^+ cell count less than 200
B) Ketoacidotic diabetes
C) Multiple myeloma
D) Severe neutropenia
E) Sickle cell disease

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