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An 89-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of progressive dyspnea for 6 months, worsening over the past 3 days. He had a history of exposure to asbestos and had smoked cigarettes for many years. Imaging studies revealed a pleural plaque and pulmonary interstitial fibrosis with superimposed ground-glass opacities. Hypoxemia and intermittent hypotension occurred. Despite oxygen supplementation, mechanical ventilation, and pressor administration, a cardiac arrest occurred, and the patient died on the eighth hospital day. An autopsy was performed.
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