A 31-year-old man died suddenly after a week-long illness. He experienced chest pain, became increasingly dyspneic...

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A 31-year-old man died suddenly after a week-long illness. He experienced chest pain, became increasingly dyspneic and nauseated, and lost consciousness multiple times. On the day of his death, he did not get up from his bed. External examination of the body by the medical examiner shows no evidence of trauma. The body is 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) in height and weighs 75 kg (BMI 27). The gross appearance of the chest cavity at autopsy with the pericardial sac opened as shown in the figure is most consistent with what underlying cause of death? (A) Marfan syndrome (B) Disseminated tuberculosis (C) Scleroderma (D) Occlusive coronary atherosclerosis (E) Malignant melanoma (F) Dilated cardiomyopat A 31-year-old man died suddenly after a week-long illness. He experienced chest pain, became increasingly dyspneic and nauseated, and lost consciousness multiple times. On the day of his death, he did not get up from his bed. External examination of the body by the medical examiner shows no evidence of trauma. The body is 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) in height and weighs 75 kg (BMI 27). The gross appearance of the chest cavity at autopsy with the pericardial sac opened as shown in the figure is most consistent with what underlying cause of death? (A) Marfan syndrome (B) Disseminated tuberculosis (C) Scleroderma (D) Occlusive coronary atherosclerosis (E) Malignant melanoma (F) Dilated cardiomyopat

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