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It is determined that a patient has silicosis. What profession is he most likely to have worked at?
 
  a. Foundry worker
  b. Talc manufacturer employee
  c. Carpenter
  d. Miller

Question 2

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



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Occupations that commonly involve exposure to silica include mining, tunneling, sandblasting, and foundry work.

Answer to Question 2

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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