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Chest computed tomography examinations on admission, February 12, 2022 (A), six days after admission (B), and three months after discharge home (C). High-density shadow, left lower lobe (B), high-density shadow and segmental atelectasis left lower lobe, small flakes of blurred shadow left upper lobe (C), the shadow disappeared (remission) and re-expansion (left lower lobe).
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The chest computed tomography (CT) examination suggested pneumonia with mild right lower lobe atelectasis (Figure 1A). However, her chest CT findings supported a diagnosis of adverse lung pathology, revealed by more lesions in the right lower lobe and new lesions in the left upper lobes (Figure 1B). The patient was followed up three months later, and her chest CT imaging and troponin level had returned to normal (Figure 1C).
Dynamic changes in the level of troponin in patients during hospitalization.
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Due to increased troponin levels (Figure 2), the patient was transferred to the cardiovascular department for further management, including antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy (March 1, 2022).