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A 52-year-old patient suffers from marked dyspnea during physical exertion, non-productive cough. The patient's condition has been persisting for 8 months. The patient has been a smoker for 30 years. In the lungs there are cellophane-type crackles auscultated on both sides. Respiration rate is 26/min., oxygen saturation of blood is 92%. On spirometry: moderate restrictive-type disturbance of external respiration. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  2. Chronic bronchitis
  3. Idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis
  4. Sarcoidosis
  5. Community-acquired pneumonia
Correct answer

Idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis

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