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Chest X-ray showed consolidation of the upper two thirds of the left lung.
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Chest X-ray revealed consolidation of the upper two thirds of the left lung (Fig. 1).
CT-scan of the thorax (coronal view to the left and mediastinal window the right) showed a cavitary lesion with septae and air-fluid-level with filaments measuring app. 8x11x13 cm in the left superior lobe. Folded membrane-like structures were seen within the cavity.
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The rest of the lung fields and mediastinum appeared without pathology. (Fig. 2).
Chest X-ray showed atelectasis of the lower part of the left lung with an air compartment above the abscess.
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Few days later the patient developed acute chest pain; chest X-ray (Fig. 3) showed atelectasis of the lower part of the left lung with an air compartment above the abscess and a small mediastinal shift away from the pleural effusion.