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case_images: CXR at presentation shows stable lungs with bilateral interstitial pulmonary infiltrates without demarcated consolidations
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: The chest X-ray showed bilateral interstitial pulmonary infiltrates concerning COVID-19 pneumonia (Figure 1).
case_images: Lung CT scan showing ground-glass opacities throughout the lungs
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case_images: A CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis with contrast demonstrated peripheral ground glass opacities throughout bilateral lungs as well as portal venous thrombosis with portal gas extending within superior mesenteric venous tributaries (Figure 2).
case_images: Liver abscess seen in an abdominal CT scan
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: Due to the high suspicion of a gastrointestinal source of infection, a scintigraphy study of the liver and spleen was done, which was positive for pylephlebitis and multiple small liver abscesses (Figure 3).