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Medicine Interstitial Lung Disease c5933538

What is true regarding byssinosis?

A
Dyspnea resolves after cessation of exposure
B
Similar to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
C
Present as mediastinal fibrosis
D
Eosinophils are prominent in BAL
High-Yield Explanation
Byssinosis - due to cotton dust exposure - presents with Monday Chest tightness which resolves with cessation of cotton dust exposure. - Byssinosis presents as hypersensitivity pneumonitis with the honey-comb lung. - Lymphocytes and not eosinophils are present in bronchoalveolar lavage of hypersensitivity pneumonitis patients.

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