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case_images: Chest X-ray showing patchy air space shadowing in both lungs, prominently in mid and lower zones (arrows).
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case_images: Chest X-ray (Fig. 1) showed patchy air space shadowing in both lungs, prominently in mid and lower zones.
case_images: Computed tomography pulmonary angiography showing no pulmonary embolism but multiple ground glass lesions covering more than 50% of the alveolar surface, concerning for pulmonary infection including moderate form of covid pneumonitis (arrows).
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case_images: CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) (Fig. 2) showed no pulmonary embolism but multiple ground glass lesions covering more than 50% of the alveolar surface, concerning for pulmonary infection including moderate form of COVID pneumonitis.
case_images: First follow-up computed tomography chest showing improvement of ground glass appearance (arrows).
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case_images: A high-resolution chest CT showed significant improvement in the ground glass appearance compared to the previous study (Fig. 3).
case_images: Diffuse patchy lung infiltrates, predominantly in both lung bases, with some variation from previous imaging (arrows).
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case_images: CTPA showed no PE with diffuse patchy lung infiltrates, predominantly in both lung bases, with some variation from previous imaging (Fig. 4).
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging of femur with evidence of myositis (arrows).
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case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the femur (Fig. 5) was highly suspicious of acute polymyositis.