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Chest X-rays and CT scans. A. The chest X-ray on admission showed bilateral ground-glass opacification which was relatively right lung dominant. B. A chest CT on admission showed diffuse ground-glass opacification in the right lung, patchy opacification in the left lung, and a small amount of pleural effusion in the right lung, consist with the opacification on chest X-ray. C. A chest X-ray on the seventh hospital day showed subtle opacification, indicating remarkable improvement. D. A chest CT scan taken on the 12th hospital day showed decreases in the patchy infiltrates.
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A chest radiograph revealed diffuse bilateral infiltrates and pleural effusion in the right lung, as shown in Fig. 1.
Serial changes in the number of eosinophils and lymphocytes in the blood. The number of eosinophils increased gradually after the admission, and eosinophilia was prolonged for over 1 month. The number of lymphocytes fluctuated in parallel with the number of eosinophils.
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Therefore, the peripheral eosinophil count appeared to fluctuate in parallel with the peripheral lymphocyte count (Fig. 2).
The result of the cytokine analysis of the BALF and serum. The cytokine analysis of the BALF was performed on the third hospital day. The cytokine analysis of the serum was performed on admission and the 13th hospital day.
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A cytokine analysis of the serum was performed on admission and on the 13th hospital day, and a cytokine analysis of the BALF was performed on the third hospital day (Fig. 3).