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An 81-year-old male was admitted with increasing dyspnoea. He had a known history of cardiac failure. On examination, there were crackles at the lung bases and he was mildly hypertensive. ECG and Trop T were normal, WBC 29 and alkaline phosphatase 179. A CXR was performed (Image 1).
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Joarder R, Crundwell N (2009) Chest X-Ray in Clinical Practice. Springer-Verlag London Ltd
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Joarder, R., Crundwell, N. (2011). Case 17. In: Case Studies in Chest Imaging. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-838-6_17
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