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Diffuse, bilateral ground-glass nodules in centrilobular pattern.
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CT chest demonstrated bilateral centrilobular nodules, now with upper lobe predominance without hilar adenopathy along with a left sided pleural effusion (Fig. 1).
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Transbronchial biopsy with abundant macrophages and talc crystals.. Color should be used. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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Biopsy samples revealed abundant macrophages with white crystals that were negatively birefringent under polarized light indicative of talc crystals (Fig. 2).
Transbronchial biopsy with titanium particles in addition to talc crystals. Color should be used.
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Around the talc crystals, there were also significant titanium particles deposited in the lung tissue (Fig. 3).
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