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Endoscopic image of the left upper lobe showing residual traces of bleeding
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Fig1
Fiber bronchoscopy was then immediately conducted showing limited traces of blood in the bronchial tract afferent to the left upper lobe while no sings of active bleeding was found (Fig. 1).
Panel a Longitudinal reconstruction of chest CT scan image showing the aneurysmal dilatation of thoracic aorta. Panel b Axial reconstruction of chest CT images showing the maximal diameter of the aortic aneurism (44,07 mm) and the ground glass opacities at the left upper lobe
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He eventually underwent a contrast-enhanced CT scan of the chest that showed an aneurysmal dilatation of the descending thoracic aorta (Fig. 2) communicating with the left upper bronchus, whose upper posterior hemorrhagic leak determined initial left upper lobe compression and ground-glass opacities with scissural delimitation (Fig. 3).