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High altitude pulmonary edema

Case contributed by Franco Ruales
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Patient admitted with progressive respiratory distress 24 hours after arriving at town at 2700 meters above sea level.

Patient Data

Gender: Male
x-ray

Right greater than left indistinct airspace opacity. 

12 hours later

x-ray

Marked improvement in airspace opacity. 

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