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Chest X-ray showing acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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Chest X-ray radiography showed the appearance of ARDS, requiring mechanical ventilation of the patient (Figure 1).
Peripheral emboli arrows indicate fat emboli and mild pleural effusion in both hemithoraxes.
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The spiral chest CT scan revealed peripheral emboli and mild pleural effusion in both hemithoraxes (Figure 2).