Abstract:A 29-year-old female patient, never smoker, restorer by profession, presented with slight malaise and the flu that lasted for a few days. An X-ray of the chest showed various nodules of varying sizes in random distribution and with high density in both lungs, similar to calcifications ( Figure 1A). The laboratory test results were unremarkable. Pulmonary function tests and blood gases were normal: FEV 1 = 3.23 L (97% of predicted); FVC = 3.81 L (98% of predicted); DLCO = 98%; pO 2 = 97 mmHg; and pCO 2 = 39 mmH… Show more
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