Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2011
Pulmonary examination of a patient who has worked as a stone grinder for 9 years revealed small dense roundish nodules consisting of connective tissue. The nodules were found to have peripheral macrophages. Such pulmonary alterations are indicative of the following disease:
Answer options
- Multiple bronchiectasis
- Bronchial asthma
- Chronic bronchitis
- Acute pneumonia
- Silicosis
Correct answer
Silicosis
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