169. A 65-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 10-week history of low-grade fever, fatigue, and pain in her right arm. Sherecalls no trauma to the arm. She has a history of cancer treated with radiation therapy. Her temperature is 37.7°C (99.8°F). Physicalexamination shows tenderness of the right distal humerus. Laboratory studies show anemia. An x-ray of the right upper extremity isshown. This patient most likely has an abnormality of which of the following cell types?A) Hematopoietic stem cellsB) Monomyelocytic stem cellsC) Natural killer cellsD) OsteoclastsE) Plasma cells

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