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A 1-week-old male is brought to the emergency department by his mother due to persistent crying and bloody diarrhea. She says he was delivered at 33 weeks' gestation and has been bottle-fed since then. Physical examination reveals a rigid abdomen. The neonate undergoes emergency surgery to resect a portion of his small intestine during which bowel perforation is confirmed. Microscopic examination of the excised bowel will most likely reveal:
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- Ainflammatory polyps
- Bmultiple diverticula
- Cneoplastic polyps
- Dthickened collagenous bands
- Etransmural necrosis
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