Audio Qbank – Q109 – A 38F with rheumatoid arthritis

 

A 38-year-old woman with a four-year history of rheumatoid arthritis presents to the GP for a routine health maintenance examination. Her only medication is occasional ibuprofen to manage joint pain. She is not taking any disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Which of the following is she at greatest risk of developing within the next ten years?

 

  Bullous emphysema
  Centri-acinar emphysema
  Pan-acinar emphysema
  Pulmonary artery mycotic aneurysm
  Usual interstitial pneumonia

 

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