A 54-year-old woman comes to the GP because of progressive shortness of breath for the past 4 months. She has worked in a shipyard for the past 36 years. Her vitals are: temperature 98.6F, HR 66, RR 20, BP 112/80. Crepitant crackles are auscultated bilaterally across the lung fields. CXR shows a diffuse reticulonodular pattern. Which of the following cell types is most likely responsible for initiating this patient’s current condition?
Alveolar capillary endothelial cell
Clara cell
Kulchitsky cell
Alveolar macrophage
Type II pneumocyte
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