A 65-Year-Old Man Is Found Dead at His Home Due

A 65-year-old man is found dead at his home due to a suspected suicide.  The family reports that the patient has been having difficulty swallowing, dyspnea on exertion, and arm and leg weakness for the past several months and had undergone a medical workup.  They suspect the physician may have given bad news and the patient ended his life so he would not have to live with the diagnosed condition.  External examination shows atrophy of the muscles of the right lower and left upper extremities.  Autopsy would most likely reveal which of the following additional findings?

A) Degeneration of dorsal spinal roots
B) Diaphragmatic atrophy
C) Diffuse brain atrophy
D) Inflammatory infiltrates in skeletal muscles
E) Plaques and gliosis in periventricular white matter

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