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Q651Medium

A 56-year-old male smoker presents with symptoms of weakness, dizziness, and right chest pain. He reports intermittent pain in the right shoulder and axilla for the past 6 months. He denies exposure to TB and has a negative PPD skin test. Routine laboratory tests are normal. A chest X-ray reveals associated findings. What is the most likely associated finding?

Q652Medium

A 63-year-old man presents with a 2-day history of cough, rigors, fever, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Chest x-ray reveals consolidation of the right lower lobe and a right pleural effusion. Thoracentesis of the pleural fluid shows: Cell count=1110/mm3, Glucose=75 mg/dL (serum glucose=85 mg/dL), Protein=4.0 g/dL (serum protein=7.0 g/dL), LDH=400 U/L (serum LDH=200 U/L), pH=7.35. What is the most likely pathogenesis of this pleural effusion?

Q653Medium

A man presented with right-sided moderate-sized pneumothorax without tension. Which physical finding is present?

Q654Medium

A 52-year-old businessman with nephrotic syndrome presents with sudden onset of breathlessness, haemoptysis, and chest pain. He is brought into casualty in shock. His chest X-ray is normal and the ECG shows sinus tachycardia. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Q655Medium

A 36-year-old woman presents with a 1-week history of cough and fever. On physical examination, her temperature is 38.3°C. She has diffuse crackles in all lung fields. A chest radiograph shows bilateral extensive infiltrates. Her CBC reveals a WBC count of 56,000/mm³ with 63% segmented neutrophils, 16% bands, 7% metamyelocytes, 3% myelocytes, 1% blasts, 8% lymphocytes, and 2% monocytes. A bone marrow biopsy shows normal maturation of myeloid cells. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Q656Easy

Which of the following conditions is commonly associated with COPD?

Q657Easy

Which of the following tests may be useful in the assessment of a patient with sarcoidosis?

Q658Easy

A patient presents with reduced FEV1, normal FVC, and an FEV1/FVC ratio less than 0.7, which is reversible with bronchodilators. This pattern is consistent with which of the following conditions?

Q659Hard

A 35-year-old man presents with hemoptysis. He has no history suggestive of tuberculosis exposure, and his chest x-ray does not show a mass lesion. Serial chest x-rays reveal asymmetric densities in both lungs that change in shape and position. Urinalysis shows hematuria, proteinuria, and cellular and granular casts. Renal biopsy demonstrates rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with prominent epithelial cell crescents. The mechanism causing this patient's disease is most closely related to the mechanism underlying which of the following diseases?

Q660Easy

The pulmonary function test done on this patient of asthma would be:

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