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Chest clinic
Images in thorax
Pulmonary cannonballs and more like never before
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Case
A 44-year-old man presented to hospital with haemoptysis and progressive dyspnoea. Examination revealed room air oxygen saturation of 91% with diffuse chest crackles, gynaecomastia and hepatosplenomegaly. Scrotal examination was unremarkable. Radiological investigations revealed numerous bilateral pulmonary nodules of variable size (cannonball appearance) (figure 1), gynaecomastia (figure 2A), hepatosplenomegaly and a large retroperitoneal mass (figure 2B). Scrotal ultrasound showed no abnormalities.