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Post operative chest X ray showing left upper lobe alveolar hemorrhage.
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Post-operative chest X rays (Fig. 1) showed left upper lobe infiltrates suggesting alveolar hemorrhage.
Nearly total clearance of the infiltrates 72 hours after the procedure.
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Hemoptysis persisted for 48 hours and decreased gradually to stop after 72 hours, the pre-discharge chest X rays (Fig. 2) realized 3 days after the procedure showed a nearly complete disappearance of the infiltrates.