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a 72-year-old man with a history of chronic tobacco use presents to clinic with a complaint of increasing dyspnea while walking to his mailbox. physical examination reveals decreased breath sounds, hyperresonance to percussion, and a barrel chest. a chest x-ray is obtained that demonstrates hyperinflation with flattened diaphragms. what is the most likely diagnosis?

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Tuberculosis due to the mentioned symptoms
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