Abstract
A chest radiograph of a 47-year-old woman with a dry cough and mild exertional dyspnea showed poorly defined bilateral nodular opacities in the superior lung fields (Panel A). The patient had undergone renal transplantation at 23 years of age for an unspecified glomerulonephritis. She had no history of exposure to tobacco or occupational aerosols. An axial computed tomographic scan of the chest showed centrilobular ground-glass nodules and heterogeneous attenuation, features that were suggestive of calcium deposition (Panel B). Results of serum tests revealed increased serum creatinine (285 μmol per liter [3.2 mg per deciliter]), a normal calcium level (2.3 mmol . . .
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