PMC4821326_01
Hemidiaphragm With Bibasilar Atelectasis. Posteroanterior and lateral chest radiographs show an elevated right hemidiaphragm and atelectasis.
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The patient's laboratory values were the following: hemoglobin, 120 g/L; platelets, 279 x 109/L; white blood cells, 7.7 x 109/L; sodium, 140 mmol/L; potassium, 5.1 mmol/L; bicarbonate, 40 mmol/L; serum urea nitrogen, 3.6 mmol/L; creatinine, 70.7 mumol/L; and calcium, 2.48 mmol/L Fig. 1 shows posteroanterior and lateral plain radiographs.
Fatty Atrophy of Chest Musculature. Left panel, Fatty atrophy of right rotator cuff musculature (arrow). Right panel, Fatty atrophy of paraspinal muscles (arrows).
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Centrilobular emphysema with upper lung predominance and with fatty atrophy of paraspinal muscles and rotator cuff musculature was also found (Fig. 2).