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case_images: (A) Chest computed tomography (CT) scans obtained on March 25th. Few pulmonary ground-glass opacities can be seen. (B) Chest CT scans obtained on March 27th. Exudative infiltrates and consolidation, mainly on the right upper lung, left upper lung, and left lower lung, can be seen. An air bronchial sign can be seen in the consolidation shadow. (C,D) Follow-up chest CT scans obtained on March 30th (C) and April 3rd (D). Pulmonary lesions were restored after treatment. Solid boxes show the new pulmonary lesions on chest CT. Dotted line boxes show restored pulmonary lesions on follow-up chest CT.
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case_images: C. Chest CT revealed few pulmonary ground-glass opacities (Figure 1A). Re-examination of chest CT showed the pulmonary lesions increased significantly (Figure 1B). Follow-up chest CT on March 30th and April 3rd showed the pulmonary lesions were further reduced (Figures 1C,D).
case_images: The timeline of essential clinical parameters and management of the patient. The X-axis represents the disease duration of the patient after hospital admission (days). (A) The Y-axis on the left represents the temperature value (blue line), and the Y-axis on the right represents the respiratory rate value (yellow line). (B) The Y-axis represents the oxygenation index value (green line). (C) The antibiotics, corticosteroids, and oxygen therapy of the patient. HFNC, high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy.
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case_images: Figure 2 presents the timeline of essential clinical parameters and management of this patient.