Initial CXR PA (left) shows central airway thickening and bilateral lung hyperinflation resulting in flattening of the diaphragm. CXR PA obtained 3 days later (right) shows new dense opacities obscuring the left and right heart borders (silhouette sign).
The diagnosis was initially adenovirus pneumonia which was later complicated by bacterial superinfection.
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