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Mild to moderate cardiomegaly with atherosclerotic calcification along the aorta. Extensive patchy airspace opacities bilaterally. At least small sized layering right-sided pleural effusion (arrow). No detectable pneumothorax. Right-sided catheter/shunt along the chest wall, probably a ventriculo-pleural shunt.
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Chest X-ray showed extensive patchy consolidation and ground-glass opacities throughout both lung fields with interstitial thickening more pronounced on the right lung base (Figure 1).
Right parietal approach ventriculostomy catheter with catheter tip terminating in or along the anterolateral aspect of the left lateral ventricle (short arrow). Interval re-expansion of the left lateral ventricle and left frontal horn prior to previous examination (long arrow). Postsurgical changes related to right frontal craniotomy and chronic microvascular ischemic.
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Computed tomography (CT) of the head showed increased hydrocephalus compared to previous CT of the head compatible with shunt failure (Figure 2).