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Upright posterior-anterior projection chest X-ray demonstrating diffuse reticular-nodular opacities in both lungs.
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Chest X-ray showed diffuse bilateral reticulonodular opacities (Figure 1).
Grocott's methenamine silver (GMS) stain of bronchoalveolar lavage specimen demonstrating black staining round cysts (arrow) in the alveolar exudate diagnostic of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia.
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Bronchoalveolar lavage was preformed; Grocott's methenamine silver stain of the washings demonstrated Pneumocystis jiroveci (Figure 2).
MRI demonstrating slight increase in T2 signal in the medial bilateral thalamus (arrows).
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MRI of the brain revealed a slight increase in T2 signal within the medial aspect of thalamus bilaterally (Figure 3).