J Korean Med Sci.  2023 Feb;38(6):e45. 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e45.

Case 7: An 18-Year-Old Man With Sudden Onset Dyspnea

• Kwon OB
• Jung MK
• Joo H

• KMID: 2539492
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e45

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  Fig. 1 Chest CT of the patient. (A) Cross-sectional image showed bilateral pleural effusion and ill defined patchy ground glass opacities in both lungs (B) coronal image showed patchy ground glass opacities in both lungs and mild interlobular septal thickening.CT = computed tomography.

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  Fig. 2 Liquid based cytology preparation of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and pleural fluid (Papanicolaou stain). (A) Cytology of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid at 1,000× magnification. (B) Cytology of pleural effusion fluid at 1,000× magnification shows bud formation (arrow) in eosinophil.

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  Fig. 3 Serial chest X ray images from admission to day 30. Chest X ray on day 1 (A), day 14 (B), and day 30 (C) after steroid treatment.

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