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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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From: A stepwise multi-disciplinary algorithm for diagnosis of fibrosing lung diseases contributing MDCT, MRI, and PET/CT: a study on 250 patients using significance and validation analyses

Fig. 4

A 30-year-old female patient complaining of rapid progressive dyspnea. A, B Coronal chest CT (lung window) showing bilateral irregular pleural based (red arrows) and underlying parenchymal (green arrows) fibro-consolidative changes with sub-pleural cystic changes. C Axial chest CT (mediastinal window) showed a flat anterior chest wall ("platy-thorax" sign) with an evident reduction in AP diameter compared to transverse diameter. D Sagittal chest CT (lung window) showed also ("platy-thorax" sign). Diagnosis: Proved patient with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE)

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