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CT pulmonary angiography showing basal and peripheral interstitial shadowing bilaterally.
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Initial chest X-ray was normal and CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) showed no evidence of pulmonary embolism, but there was basal and peripheral interstitial shadowing bilaterally (Figure 1).
Chest X-ray showing bilateral patchy opacification.
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Chest examination now revealed crepitations bilaterally in both bases, and chest X-ray showed bilateral basal nonhomogeneous opacities with obliteration of costophrenic angles (Figure 2).
Hemoptysis contents with whitish material admixed on the sputum.
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It was also noted that there was whitish material admixed on the sputum. (Figure 3) This was sent for sputum cytology which revealed inflammatory cells containing neutrophils and lymphocytes.