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A chest CT scan revealing a mass measuring 3.7 x 3.0 cm in size in the right lower lung (red arrow).
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A chest CT scan (Brilliance iCT; Philips Healthcare, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) revealed a mass in the right lower lung (Figure 1).
Chest CT showed that the right lower lung mass had not shrunk after anti-infective treatment (red arrow).
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Unfortunately, the mass did not shrink (Figure 2).
Pneumothorax was presented after the removal of the chest tube in x-ray (red arrow).
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Unfortunately, pneumothorax was presented after the removal of the chest tube (Figure 3).
A pigtail catheter was inserted into chest for pneumothorax (red arrow).
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So, a pigtail catheter was inserted for pneumothorax (Figure 4).
A brain CT scan showed multiple low densities in the right occipital lobe (red arrow).
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A brain CT scan was performed immediately and showed multiple low densities in the right occipital lobe (Figure 5), which were diagnosed as CAE.