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1 Dyspnea on Exertion and Ground-Glass Infiltrates in an Ex-Smoker
Mohit Chawla, MD, Nahal Boroumand, MD, Constantinos Alexandrou, MD, Diane Stover, MD, FCCP  CHEST  Volume 134, Issue 6, Pages (December 2008) DOI: /chest Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 CT of the chest without contrast (7.5-mm sections; our initial scan after a course of clarithromycin) showing poorly defined areas of GGA predominantly in bilateral posterior segments of upper lobes and superior segments of lower lobes. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 CT of the chest without contrast (7.5-mm sections; our initial scan after a course of clarithromycin) showing poorly defined areas of GGA predominantly in bilateral posterior segments of upper lobes and superior segments of lower lobes. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Left lower lobe, superior segment, including alveolar septa (single arrow), foamy macrophages within alveolar septum (opposing double arrows), and intraaalveolar macrophages (double arrows) [hematoxylin-eosin, original × 20]. CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

5 Figure 4 Left lower lobe, superior segment, again showing intraaalveolar macrophages (hematoxylin-eosin, original × 40). CHEST  , DOI: ( /chest ) Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions


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