Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis: A New Entity within the Spectrum of Rare Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

Figure 7

Case  2. (a) Axial HRCT scan shows very discrete lineal opacities in both lung apices. (b) Axial HRCT scan at the same level compared to (a) two years and two months later shows a loss of volume and prominent parenchymal fibrotic infiltrates. (c) Axial HRCT image at the level of carina reveals lung architectural distortion, as well as the presence of pleural thickening and subpleural parenchymal opacities.

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