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Chest X-ray in patient.
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In PA chest radiography, common reticulonodular opacities were monitored in both middle and lower zones of hemitorax (Fig. 1). In high resolution computed tomography (HRCT), dispersed ground glass appearances, nodules and septal thickening, and minimal pleural effusion in right hemitorax were observed in all lung parenchyma areas (Fig. 2).
HRCT in patient.
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In PA chest radiography, common reticulonodular opacities were monitored in both middle and lower zones of hemitorax (Fig. 1). In high resolution computed tomography (HRCT), dispersed ground glass appearances, nodules and septal thickening, and minimal pleural effusion in right hemitorax were observed in all lung parenchyma areas (Fig. 2).
HRCT of the patient 3 months later.
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Clinical symptoms of the patient were deteriorated within 3 months; in repeated HRCT, intense involvement in sub-pleural interstitium, clarification of interstitial traces, thickening in interlobular septals, diffused ground glass appearance, bilateral pleural effusion (Fig. 3) were observed; bronchoscopy and trans-bronchial biopsy were made.