Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Case contributed by Prashant Mudgal
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Textile loom worker presented with cough, dyspnea, and fever for one month.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male

Ill-defined, centrilobular ground-glass opacities, reticulations, peribronchovascular interstitial thickening, traction bronchiectasis, architecture distortion, and honeycombing with characteristic extreme basal lung sparing; findings are most likely suggestive of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 

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