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case_images: Chest-X-ray of the present patient, using a blunt left costophrenic angle, showing a high-density patchy area in the lower left lung.
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case_images: Chest radiography revealed a high-density patchy shadow in the lower left lung and a blunt left costophrenic angle (Figure 1).
case_images: Computed tomography (CT) scan of the present patient, showing: a schistose of density in the lower lobe of the left lung with partial consolidation.
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case_images: Chest computed tomography (CT) on the fifth day showed a schistose density in the lower lobe of the left lung with partial consolidation (Figure 2).
case_images: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy of the present patient, showing diffuse tracheobronchitis with necrotic mucosal and hemorrhagic materials partially obstructing the Bronchus and both bronchi.
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case_images: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy, performed because there was no improvement in symptoms, showed diffuse bronchitis with necrotic mucosal and hemorrhagic materials partially obstructing the Bronchus and both bronchi (Figure 3).
case_images: Histopathological examination of inflammatory exudative necrotic lung tissue from the present patient, showing exfoliated epithelial cells and tissue cells (original magnification x100).
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case_images: Pathological examination revealed exfoliated epithelial cells and tissue cells in the inflammatory exudative necrotic tissue (Figure 4), with the latter treated with an additional injection of 80 mg/kg ceftriaxone.
case_images: X-ray four days after bronchoscopy, showing a slight increase in fibrous stripes in both lungs, with the increase in the left lung being slightly more prominent.
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case_images: Chest radiography performed four days after the bronchoscopy, showed a slight increase in fibrous stripes in both lungs, being slightly more prominent in the left lung (Figure 5).