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case_images: Ten minutes after re-intubation chest X-ray showed diffuse interstitial and alveolar infiltrates in bilateral centralized areas (white arrows).
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case_images: Ten minutes after re-intubation chest X-ray showed diffuse interstitial and alveolar infiltrates (Figure 1).
case_images: Chest computed tomography scan at the first postoperative day revealed interlobular septal wall thickening and patchy ground glass opacity in the bilateral upper lungs, consistent with NPPE (white arrows).. Abbreviation: NPPE, negative pressure pulmonary edema.
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case_images: At the first postoperative day (POD) a chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed interlobular septal wall thickening and patchy ground glass opacity in both upper lobes (Figure 2).
case_images: Plain chest X-ray at the third postoperative day showed the resolution of pulmonary edema.
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case_images: At the third POD, plain chest X-ray showed the resolution of pulmonary edema (Figure 3) and the patient was extubated.