Fig. 1.

The patient’s CT and the foreign body in the abdomen.

The chest CT presentation at admission showed multiple GGO changes with consolidation in both lungs, with air bronchogram, blood vessel thickening in the foci, signs of emphysema, and scattered fibrous foci (1A). Compared with the CT at admission, the chest CT manifestations at discharge indicated that pulmonary consolidation was resolved, while the fibrosis was more obvious (1B). The appearance of the foreign body on the abdominal plain CT scan (1C). The foreign body was a thermometer (white arrow) without a mercury tip (1D).