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A 64-year-old male was admitted to a pulmonary unit with chronic cough, right moderate thoracic pain and abnormal chest radiography. He had a 40-pack-year smoking history ending 1 year previously, when a laryngectomy and a hemithyroidectomy were performed for cancer, followed by neck radiotherapy. He had a history of COPD and arterial hypertension.
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