The body of a 68-year-old homeless man arrives at the medical examiner"s office for autopsy. No clinical history is known. Examination of the spinal cord is performed. Which of the following findings and diagnoses are correctly paired?
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A. Degeneration of the anterior horns and corticospinal tracts; the man had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
B. Degeneration of the anterior white commissure; the man had Guillain-Barré syndrome
C. Degeneration of the posterior columns; the man had syringomyelia
D. Degeneration of the posterior columns and corticospinal tracts; the man had polio
E. Degeneration of the anterior horns; the man had tertiary syphilis