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Upon physical examination on admission, she presented with the following: temperature 38.6\u00b0C; pulse 185 beats\/min; respiration 49 beats\/min; blood pressure 89\/51 mmHg; drowsiness; piebald skin all over her body; rice-grain-sized pustular rashes scattered on the front chest and both lower limbs, protruding from the surface of the skin; bilateral pupils that were equal in size and a circle with a diameter of about 3.0\u2005mm, and slow light reflex; cyanotic lips; shortness of breath; positive for the three-concave sign; a small amount of phlegm that could be heard in both lungs; capillary refill time of 5\u2005s; cold extremities; and a positive Babinski sign.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Diagnostic method<\/jats:title><jats:p>A chest computed tomography scan showed multiple nodular and flake-like high-density shadows of varying sizes in each lobe in bilateral lungs, and a cavity with blurred edges could be seen in some nodules. A cranial magnetic resonance imaging examination demonstrated that the hyperintensity of diffusion-weighted imaging could be observed on the left cerebellar hemisphere and left parietal blade. 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