Image IQ: 56-year-old construction worker presents with dry cough

Poll

A construction worker presents with a dry cough, can you diagnose this patient?

A 56-year-old construction worker presents with dry cough.

Ill-defined curvilinear opacities are seen projecting over both lung fields predominantly in the mid and lower zone with sparing of the apices.

What is your diagnosis?

Consolidation
Asbestos-related pleural plaques
Sarcoidosis
Tuberculosis
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