March 2007

Submitted by Brian Tzung, MD and Katherine Haker, MD

History: 46 year old white male with history of severe bronchial asthma and bronchiectasis, presenting with pleuritic left chest pain and increasing sputum production.

Images: Non-contrast 5 mm axial CT images, and 0.6 mm high resolution axial CT images (Please click on image for an enlarged view).

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