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Perihilar consolidation and air bronchograms.
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A chest radiograph revealed perihilar consolidations and air bronchograms (Fig. 1).
Bilateral perihilar opacities and bilateral pleural effusion.
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Despite this therapy, the patient's respiratory condition worsened and a chest computed tomography (CT) scan on day 15 revealed bilateral perihilar opacities, pleural effusion, and atelectasis. (Fig. 2).
Cryptococcus bodies were identified from the right pleural effusion (PAS).
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On day 23, cryptococcal bodies were identified in the sputum, cerebrospinal fluid, and bilateral pleural effusion (Fig. 3).
A solitary nodule suspected to be a pulmonary cryptococcus lesion in the left lingular segment was revealed by chest computed tomography on day 31. b, c: Another lung nodule in the right pulmonary apical region on day 52. These nodules gradually decreased in size until day 79.
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On day 31, chest CT revealed a solitary nodule in the left lingular segment for the first time, which was suspected to be a pulmonary cryptococcus lesion (Fig. 4a). These nodules gradually decreased in size until day 79 (Fig. 4b and c).