Fig. 3
Chest CT and chest X-ray in the clinical course of the patient. a Chest CT showed that CT-attenuation of pulmonary infiltrates had increased and the beginning of architectural distortions was evident (second hospital day). b, c A chest X-ray and CT showed an increase in GGO and parenchymal consolidations with progression of the architectural distortions and pleural effusion (8th hospital day). d A chest X-ray showed an increase in GGO with pleural effusion (15th hospital day). e A chest X-ray showed no change in GGO with pleural effusion in spite of direct hemoperfusion using a polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column (18th hospital day). f A chest X-ray showed an increase in GGO with pleural effusion in spite of intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy (21st hospital day)