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Unexpected evolution and delayed diagnosis in a case of persistent bronchopneumonia in an elderly patient Cover

Unexpected evolution and delayed diagnosis in a case of persistent bronchopneumonia in an elderly patient

Pneumologia
Volume 74 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Bosoancă Alexandra and  Truşculescu Ana Adriana  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Initial thoracic CT scan (lung window). Multiple bilateral opacities and left pleural effusion.
Initial thoracic CT scan (lung window). Multiple bilateral opacities and left pleural effusion.

Figure 2.

Chest X-ray at first discharge. Slow resolution of opacities with residual left pleural effusion.
Chest X-ray at first discharge. Slow resolution of opacities with residual left pleural effusion.

Figure 3.

Chest X-ray at second presentation. Progression of opacities with increased pleural effusion volume.
Chest X-ray at second presentation. Progression of opacities with increased pleural effusion volume.

Figure 4.

Thoracic CT scan at final presentation. Marked progression and confluence of bilateral consolidations with increased pleural effusion.
Thoracic CT scan at final presentation. Marked progression and confluence of bilateral consolidations with increased pleural effusion.

Figure 5.

Last Chest X-ray in the ICU(intensive care unit). Extensive left pleural effusion filling the lung with confluent right lung opacities.
Last Chest X-ray in the ICU(intensive care unit). Extensive left pleural effusion filling the lung with confluent right lung opacities.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2025-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
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Language: English
Page range: 120 - 124
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: Romanian Society of Pneumology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
bronchopneumonia,
adenocarcinoma,
atypical,
multidisciplinary
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
Internal medicine,
Pneumology

© 2025 Bosoancă Alexandra, Truşculescu Ana Adriana, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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