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The presenting patient was a 4-year-old female who was hospitalised with fever and cough, which had persisted for the previous 2 months. There had been no prior respiratory symptomatology and the perinatal course had been uncomplicated. The patient was subsequently referred to the Dept of Pulmonary Medicine (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) after abnormal chest radiography (figure 1).
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