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case_images: Initial CT scan of the chest (coronal slice, lung window) showing extensive patchy ground-glass opacities
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case_images: A CT scan of the chest with intravenous contrast revealed extensive patchy ground-glass opacities (Figure 1), with no evidence of pulmonary embolism.
case_images: CT scan of the neck without contrast (a) Coronal slice, bone window, revealing diffuse subcutaneous emphysema from the mediastinum extending into lower neck soft tissues. (b) and (c) Sagittal slices, bone window, revealing diffuse subcutaneous emphysema from the mediastinum extending into the retropharyngeal space (red arrow) and epidural air in the spinal canal spanning C6-T1 (red box)
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case_images: Right-sided epidural air in the spinal canal spanning C6-T1 was also noted (Figure 2).