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A 36-year-old woman comes to the PA with a 2-day history of blurry vision in the left eye and pain with eye movement. She had an episode of urinary incontinence several months ago that resolved spontaneously. The patient does not use tobacco or illicit substances. Vital signs are within normal limits. Physical examination reveals mild sensory loss in both legs below the knees. The left foot shows an extensor plantar reflex. Which of the following pathologic brain lesions is most likely present in this patient?

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Necrosis of rapidly proliferating, anaplastic glial cells

Axonal demyelination in pontine white matter

Focal areas of demyelination with macrophages containing myelin debris

Extracellular senile plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles

Accumulation of nuclear viral inclusions within enlarged oligodendrocytes