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If a patient is stricken with Caisson disease, one would expect to find:

solid mass occluding a vessel
fatty emboli from a broken bone
air embolizing within the circulation
a blood clot

Explanation

Answer: C - Caisson disease is caused by air gaining entry into the circulatory system. The result of this is an air embolism.

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