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No abstract available. Manuscript truncated after 150 words. A 32-year-old woman with a history including hypertension, end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis, asthma, nonischemic cardiomyopathy, and migraines, was directly transferred to our hospital in November 2023 for the evaluation of hemoptysis. The patient reported a two-week history of a nonproductive cough, runny nose, muscle aches, subjective fevers, chills, fatigue, nausea, and decreased appetite. Within the past 2 days the patient had also developed hemoptysis, with 5-6 episodes per day. Initial investigations, including chest X-ray and CT chest, revealed large biapical pulmonary consolidations with cavitation. Multiple nodular densities were observed throughout both lungs (Figures 1 and 2). The patient denied any recent sick contacts, travel history, and prior tuberculosis infection. She did, however, disclose a period of incarceration from 2011 to 2019. Upon arrival at our hospital, the patient recounted a relatively normal state of health until January 2023 when she underwent a two-month hospitalization, culminating in the diagnosis of … |
