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A patient is 50 years old, works as a builder with 20 years of service record. He was admitted to the hospital for chest pain, dry cough, minor dyspnea. Objectively: sallow skin, acrocyanosis, asbestos warts on the hands. In lungs - rough respiration, diffuse dry rales. The X-ray picture shows intensification of pulmonary pattern, signs of pulmonary emphysema. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Asbestosis
  2. Lung cancer
  3. Tuberculosis
  4. Chronic obstructive bronchitis
  5. Pneumonia
Correct answer

Asbestosis

Explanation

A patient is 50 years old, works as a builder with 20 years of service record. He was admitted to the hospital for chest pain, dry cough, minor dyspnea. Objectively: sallow skin, acrocyanosis, asbestos warts on the hands. In lungs - rough respiration, diffuse dry rales. The x-ray picture shows intensification of pulmonary pattern, signs of pulmonary emphysema. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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