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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
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bilateral ground glass opacities with diffuse micro nodular appearance figure 1 Click on images to enlarge Figure 1 A spiral computerized tomography scan of her chest on presentation Her pulmonary function tests Table 1 showed a mild obstructive defect with air trapping and moderate decrease in CO diffusion capacity 51 of predicted Table 1 Pulmonary function test
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Figure 2b Figure 2 Lung right upper lobe H E 10 X and 40 X original magnification in Figures 2a and 2b respectively The transbronchial biopsy of the right upper lobe showed several non caseating
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bacillus AFB stain Two weeks after the bronchoscopy the lavage grew Mycobacterium avium complex MAC The transbronchial biopsy of the right upper lobe is shown in figure 2 Figure 2a Figure 2b
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free Her follow up computerized tomography of the chest is shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 Computerized tomography of the chest two months after cessation of exposure and steroid therapy An estimated 340 000 new hot tubs were sold in the United States in 1998 and it is highly likely that this number has increased We recommend that physicians properly advise patients about
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Figure 1 A transverse image from a high resolution CT scan of a 33 year old male smoker showing nodularity consistent with respiratory bronchiolitis
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