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Chest CT indicated dynamic changes during the infections. (A) On May 13, 2020, preoperative examination of pulmonary: multiple chronic or old lung lesions. (B) On May 31, 2020, the first CT during infection: showed patchy high-density shadows in the basal segment of the lower lobes of both lungs. (C) On June 2, 2020, the second CT: range of high-density shadows was more obvious than the previous. (D) On June 10, 2020, the last CT: high-density shadows gradually disappeared, which were greatly improving compared with the previous.
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Preoperative imaging (Figure 1A) showed no significant abnormalities in the lungs. Tomography (CT) was obtained showing (Figure 1B): the base of the lower lobe, the right middle lobe, and the left lingual lobe of both lungs were streaked and densely patchy. There was no improvement in fever despite 3 days of empirical cefoperazone/sulbactam treatment. CMV test were normal. Chest CT examination showed multiple patchy abnormal shadows in both lungs, which was significantly worse compared with previous chest CT (Figure 1C). Chest CT showed (Figure 1D) that multiple abnormal shadows in each lobe disappeared.