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Thoracic CT at the first medical consultation
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Fig1
This showed a pulmonary consolidation of 5.0 x 4.5 cm in the posterior basal segment of the lower lobe of the right lung, containing negative density regions measuring between -130 HU and -61 HU, indicative of intrapulmonary lipid (Fig. 1).
Thoracic CT 26 months after cessation of petroleum jelly
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Fig2
CRP was ordered. The pulmonary consolidation described above was still apparent, but the bilateral scattered ground glass opacities had diminished and the size of the mass had decreased by 0.5 cm in each dimension (4.5 x 4.0 cm) (Fig. 2). CRP was in reference value (2.03 mg/L)