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  1. Which stain is most commonly used to demonstrate acid-fast bacilli such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis in tissue sections?

    Answer: Ziehl-Neelsen

    Ziehl-Neelsen stain highlights the mycolic-acid-rich cell walls of acid-fast organisms.

  2. Reed-Sternberg cells are the diagnostic hallmark of which malignancy?

    Answer: Hodgkin lymphoma

    Binucleate 'owl-eye' Reed-Sternberg cells define Hodgkin lymphoma.

  3. Psammoma bodies (laminated calcifications) are characteristically seen in all of the following EXCEPT?

    Answer: Hepatocellular carcinoma

    Hepatocellular carcinoma does not typically contain psammoma bodies, unlike the other three tumors.

  4. A biopsy showing non-caseating granulomas in the lung and hilar lymph nodes without organisms most suggests?

    Answer: Sarcoidosis

    Sarcoidosis classically produces non-caseating granulomas with negative stains for organisms.

  5. Which immunohistochemical marker is most useful for confirming a prostatic origin of an adenocarcinoma?

    Answer: PSA (prostate-specific antigen)

    PSA and PSAP are highly specific markers for prostatic epithelial cells.

  6. Councilman (apoptotic) bodies are a histologic finding classically associated with?

    Answer: Viral hepatitis

    Councilman bodies are apoptotic hepatocytes seen in viral hepatitis and yellow fever.

  7. Which type of necrosis is most characteristic of an ischemic infarct in the brain?

    Answer: Liquefactive necrosis

    The brain undergoes liquefactive necrosis due to its high lipid content and lack of supportive stroma.