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(a) A chest X-ray showed a left pneumothorax and multiple metastases in the bilateral lung. (b) A CT scan of the chest revealed that some nodules with cavities were located in the edge of the lung. (c) A contrast enhanced CT scan of the chest revealed a cavity, culprit lesion of hemoptysis, 25 mm in size, in the left upper lobe.
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A computed-tomography (CT) scan of his chest at diagnosis revealed left pneumothorax, multiple nodules, pleural effusion, and severe emphysema throughout the lungs.  Figure 1 shows that some nodules with cavities were located in the edge of the lung.
(a) A chest X-ray showed bleeding from the left bronchial artery in the left upper lobe (white circle). (b) A chest X-ray indicated the arrest of bleeding after bronchial artery embolization (white arrow).
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The patient developed hemoptysis 45 minutes after talc injection through the chest tube and immediately required a bronchial artery embolization (Figure 2).