Pulmonary Medicine Quiz

Prepared by Ivan Damjanov, MD, Professor of Pathology, and Reginald W. Dusing, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kan

A 40-year-old man complained of shortness of breath, occasional bronchial irritation and cough, low-grade fever, and night sweats. After an x-ray was taken (Figure 1), a lung biopsy was performed (Figure 2).

What's the Diagnosis?

• Wegener's granulomatosis
• Sarcoidosis
• Scleroderma
• Caplan's syndrome

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