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Chest X-ray and CT revealed right pneumothorax and interstitial shadow in both lower lungs on first visited to a hospital.
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Her chest X-ray and HRCT images revealed right pneumothorax and interstitial shadow in both lower lungs (Fig. 1).
After chest tube drainage, interstitial shadow in lower field of the right lung showed no change. Ground-glass attenuation was seen on chest CT.
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Chest X-ray and CT showed ground-glass attenuation in the lower field of the right lung (Fig. 2).
Lung biopsy specimens showed on hematoxylin and eosin staining X200, a. intra-alveolar fibrosis was observed in a small area. b. Abundant cholesterol cleft granulomas were seen.(arrow head). c. Fibrin deposition and aggregating lymphocytes along the alveolar walls were observed(arrow).
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Histologically, intra-alveolar fibrosis was observed in a small area (Fig. 3a) and abundant cholesterol cleft granulomas (Fig. 3b), fibrin deposition (Fig. 3c), and aggregating lymphocytes along the alveolar walls were observed.