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Fig. 10

From: Chest imaging using signs, symbols, and naturalistic images: a practical guide for radiologists and non-radiologists

Fig. 10

Eggshell calcifications. A small peripheral lamellar calcification (white arrowhead) of an enlarged lymphatic node, in a patient with silicosis; however, these calcifications, which reproduce the appearance of eggshells, are a non-specific sign of silicosis, since they may be encountered in various diseases, such as advanced sarcoidosis, pneumoconiosis, scleroderma, amyloidosis, lymphoma after radiotherapy, blastomycosis, and histoplasmosis

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