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CECT scan of chest showing bilateral diffuse ground glass opacities
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Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) showed bilateral diffuse ground glass opacities suggestive of DAH [Figure 1].
Photomicrograph shows type II pneumocyte hyperplasia, mild chronic inflammatory infiltrate in interalveolar septa and hemosiderin laden macrophages in alveolar spaces. No viral inclusions were identified. (H and E, x100).
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Bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial lung biopsy revealed type II pneumocyte hyperplasia, chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate in interalveolar spaces and hemosiderin-laden macrophages in alveolar spaces. [Figure 2] After excluding all other possibilities, patient was diagnosed as IPH.