Obstructive lung diseases Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 17-year-old girl comes to the clinic for evaluation of a worsening productive cough. The symptoms have been worsening over the past week, and she has noticed increased production of foul-smelling, blood-tinged sputum. She has had multiple similar episodes in the past that mildly improved with antibiotics, but the cough has always persisted. The patient does not smoke cigarettes or use illicit substances. She takes pancreatic enzyme supplements for chronic diarrhea. Temperature is 39.0°C (102.2°F), pulse is 104/min, respirations are 22/min, and blood pressure is 124/75 mmHg. Physical examination reveals digital clubbing. Lung auscultation demonstrates diffuse wheezes and crackles. Which of the following findings will most likely be present in this patient?

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Dilated bronchi and bronchioles with signet-ring sign

Irregular thickening of the interlobular septa with honeycombing

Pleural thickening with multiple nodular pleural lesions

Hilar lymphadenopathy with bilateral reticular opacities

Barrel chest with flattening of hemidiaphragms