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A 42-year-old man consults a physician because he has a 4-mm diameter bright-red nodule on his forefinger that has been developing over the past few months. The lesion is resected and microscopically demonstrates a lobulated proliferation of benign small vessels separated by fibrous stroma. This lesion typically develops in response to which of the following?
A. Bacterial infection
B. Fungal infection
C. Mechanical injury
D. Ultraviolet injury
E. Viral infection

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B????

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E?

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The lesion is a pyogenic granuloma, which, while it appears to be a small tumor, is actually derived from abundant production of granulation tissue, typically in response to tissue trauma rather than infection........

Ans C.