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A seven-year-old black male child presented to the District of Columbia General Hospital children's emergency room with a one-day history of wheezing. A chest x-ray was obtained prior to admission to rule out foreign body or air space disease. The radiological evaluation was consistent with the clinical diagnosis of asthma.
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