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A 62-year-old man is brought to the intensive care unit due to prolonged hypoxemic respiratory failure and sepsis due to perforated diverticulitis. He is intubated and undergoes rigid bronchoscopy with biopsy. A chest x-ray shows bilateral interstitial infiltrates. His echocardiography demonstrates a normal ejection fraction. The bronchoscopy specimen reveals hyaline membrane formation and diffuse alveolar damage, as demonstrated below:

A microscopy image shows lung tissue with extensive red hemorrhage and areas of intact pink bronchioles and blood vessels, indicative of acute lung injury.

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Which of the following best describes the pathophysiology of this disease process?

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Pulmonary hemorrhage with formation of hemosiderin laden macrophages

Transudative capillary leak with pink alveolar fluid

Non-necrotizing granulomas with a tightly packed central area composed of macrophages, epithelioid cells, multinucleated giant cells

Diffuse alveolar damage and hyaline membrane formation

Focal necrosis with an area of surrounding pulmonary hemorrhage