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Initial CTPA demonstrating a left basilar peripheral opacity, likely representing pulmonary infarction, as well as a contralateral pleural effusion.
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Imaging also showed a left basilar peripheral groundglass and consolidative opacity likely representing pulmonary infarction (Fig. 1).
Chest radiograph showing the interval development of a left lower lobe consolidation with an air-fluid level and pleural effusion.
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A chest radiograph showed interval development of a left lower lobe consolidation with an air-fluid level and pleural effusion (Fig. 2).
Repeat CTPA demonstrating a large cavitary lesion of the left lower lobe with a loculated pleural fluid collection and evidence of a pulmonary embolus in the segmental pulmonary artery of the posterior-basilar segment of the left lower lobe.
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CTPA demonstrated a large cavitary lesion of the left lower lobe and a loculated pleural fluid collection (Fig. 3).