A chest radiograph of an asymptomatic 37-year-old man showed a 3-cm nodule in the middle lobe of the right lung. The nodule was excised with a pulmonary wedge resection, and sectioning showed the nodule to be sharply circumscribed with a soft, white center. Culture of tissue from the nodule grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Which of the following pathologic processes has most likely occurred in this nodule? a. lipid acummulation b. liqufactive necrosis c. caseous necrosis d. coagulative necrosis e. gangreous necrosis f. apoptosis g. apoptosis h. fat necrosis