Question of the week #62 by LMCCExams Match the most likely diagnosis with the clinical scenario below: A 40-year-old man presents with recurrent non-productive cough, headache, and dyspnea, and sometimes chills. These seems to occur late in the day on most days. He is a non-smoker and works cleaning cages at a local zoo, but says that his symptoms don’t occur every day and sometimes occur after he leaves work. He has lost about 6 pounds in weight over the last 2 months. PFTs show mild restriction. A chest x-ray shows mid-upper lung interstitial infiltrates. a) sarcoidosis b) idiopathic BOOP (bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia) c) interstitial fibrosis related to collagen-vascular disease d) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) e) hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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