02-03-2015, 08:33 AM
24. A 65-year-old man has exertional dyspnea and a mild, nonproductive cough. He is using his accessory muscles for respiration. -rays of the chest show a flattened diaphragm, bronchovascular patterns that do not extend to the periphery of the lung, and a cardiac silhouette that is lengthened and narrowed. Which of the following changes in the respiratory airway is most likely in this patient?
A) Adenocarcinoma in tracheal wall
B) Distention of air spaces distal to terminal bronchi
c) Increased alveolar secretions
D) Purulent secretions in the mainstem bronchi
E) Tracheal stenosis
Your help would be appreciated
A) Adenocarcinoma in tracheal wall
B) Distention of air spaces distal to terminal bronchi
c) Increased alveolar secretions
D) Purulent secretions in the mainstem bronchi
E) Tracheal stenosis
Your help would be appreciated