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    NU 570 Pathophysiology of human disease proctored exam

    A 39-year-old man with AIDS is admitted to the hospital with a 3-week history of chest pain and shortness of breath. An x-ray film of the chest shows bilateral nodularities of the lungs. A CT-guided lung biopsy reveals granulomatous inflammation with scattered multinucleated giant cells. Giant cells in these pulmonary lesions are derived from which of the following inflammatory cells?