06 January 2022>: Articles
A 48-Year-Old Previously Healthy Man Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2, and Positive Serology for Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 (PIV-3)
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease
Ryuichiro Kakizaki A* , Ryutaro Tojo A , Naofumi Bunya B , Hirotoshi Mizuno B , Shuji Uemura D , Eichi Narimatsu DDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934362
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e934362
Figure 3. Chest computed tomography. (A) On day 9, the patient had hemorrhagic shock due to bilateral hemopneumothorax. Thoracic drainage and a partial lung resection were performed. (B) On day 37, the secondary refractory pneumothorax disappeared (red arrows). (C) On day 52, the left lung hematoma shrank (yellow arrow) and the ground-glass opacity improved (arrow heads). (D) On day 65, the ground-glass opacity almost disappeared (arrow heads).