A 63-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of nonproductive cough. She denied the presence of shortness of breath, chest pain, arthralgia, muscle weakness, weight loss, night sweats, and fatigue. She was a never smoker and had a history of arterial hypertension and diabetes. There was no history of asthma, allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, known malignancy, or collagen tissue disease. She reported exposure to house mold. There was no family history of respiratory diseases. The patient denied alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, occupational exposures, any recent travel, or exposure to TB.
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