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CT chest showing multifocal cavitary lung lesions.
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Computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis showed bilateral lung parenchymal ground glass consolidative lesions with central cavitation; no abnormalities were noted in the abdomen (Fig. 1).
CT neck with contrast showing a 1.4 cm right peritonsillar abscess.
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Due to concern for an oropharyngeal source of Arcanobacterium septicemia, a CT scan of the neck was obtained, which showed a 1.4 cm right palatine tonsillar abscess (Fig. 2), prominence of nasopharyngeal adenoids, cervical lymphadenopathy in the bilateral anterior and posterior triangles, mediastinal fat stranding, and sinusitis; furthermore, the visualized portion of the lungs demonstrated the development of multiple abscesses and loculated pleural effusions.