Answer to Question 1
ANS: D
Although the prognosis for NSIP is better than IPF, the life expectancy is still only 7 to 10 years. Sarcoidosis often follows a benign course without symptoms or long-term consequences and may spontaneously resolve.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: C
Lymphangioleiomyoma tosis (LAM) is a rare disorder of abnormal smooth muscle tissue prolifer-ating around small airways leading to severe obstruction and destruction of alveoli with resultant thin-walled cyst formation. Unilateral or less commonly bilateral chylothorax is seen in approxi-mately one-third of patients. This results from lymphatic obstruction by abnormal smooth muscle tissue.
PET scan of the brain in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Cyanosis as shown here at the patient’s fingertips results from a lack of oxygen in the tissues
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
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