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Anteroposterior chest X-ray following endotracheal tube placement showing hyperinflated lungs with multiple areas of hyperlucency on the left lung base and left apex, surrounded by a thin linear demarcation (arrows).
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Chest X-ray showed hyperinflation with increased lucency in bilateral upper lobes (Figure 1).
Chest CT coronal view showing bilateral lung bullae more than one-third of the left hemithorax.
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Chest CT revealed multiple large subpleural bullae occupying more than one-third of the hemithorax, characteristic of VLS (Figures 2 and 3).
Chest CT axial view showing bilateral upper lobe (a) and lower lobe (b) bullae compressing surrounding relatively normal lung parenchyma.
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Chest CT revealed multiple large subpleural bullae occupying more than one-third of the hemithorax, characteristic of VLS (Figures 2 and 3).