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case_images: Chest radiographic and high-resolution CT images. A) Chest radiography revealed an abnormal opacity of the right upper lobe lung (white circle). B, C) Axial high-resolution CT images of the chest revealed consolidations with cavitation in both upper lobes (white arrowheads) and solitary pulmonary nodules in the anterior segment and the left superior segment of the left lung (black arrowheads).
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case_images: Subsequent chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) scans disclosed nodular radiographic manifestations suggestive of pneumonia within the upper right and lower left pulmonary fields (Figure 1).
case_images: High-resolution CT and MRI images. A, B) High-resolution CT of the chest after eight months of anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment represented the decrease of opacities and old inflammatory change after TB (white and black arrowheads). C) Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head and neck region revealed the presence of an aggressive tumoral formation, extending from the left maxillary region to the masticatory muscle space, pterygopalatine fossa, suborbital fossa, accompanied by localized recurrence (white arrowheads).
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case_images: Radiographic assessment via chest CT indicated a reduction in the previously observed pulmonary infiltrates, transforming into nodular opacities with comparably homogeneous perimeters, suggesting old inflammatory changes after pulmonary TB (Figure 2A, B). Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head and neck region unveiled the presence of an aggressive tumoral formation, extending from the left maxillary region to the masticatory muscle space, pterygopalatine fossa, suborbital fossa, accompanied by localized recurrence (Figure 2C).