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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2021

A patient was brought into the pulmonology department with complaints of inspiratory dyspnea and dry cough at the highest point of inhalation. On examination the following is observed: pale skin, cyanotic lips, «Hippocratic» fingers. Auscultation detects Velcro-type crackles (like opening a Velcro fastener). X-ray shows a «ground glass opacity pattern. What is the most likely diagnosis

Answer options

  1. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  2. Pulmonary histiocytosis X
  3. Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
  4. Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
  5. Exogenous allergic alveolitis
Correct answer

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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