The term "asbestos-related pulmonary disease" may be used to encompass which of the follow-ing? 1. Asbestosis 2. Coal worker's pneumoconiosis 3. Sarcoidosis 4. Silicosis
a. 1, 2, and 4 only
b. 1 and 4 only
c. 2 only
d. 2, 3, and 4 only
ANS: A
The three most common types of occupational interstitial lung disease are asbestosis, chronic sili-cosis, and coal worker's pneumoconiosis. Predictable clinical and radiographic abnormalities oc-cur in susceptible patients who have been exposed to asbestos. These abnormalities include pleu-ral changes (plaques, fibrosis, effusions, atelectasis, and mesothelioma) as well as parenchymal scarring and lung cancer. The term "asbestos-related pulmonary disease" may be used to encom-pass all of these entities.
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