Volume 132, Issue 4, Pages 1401-1405 (October 2007) A 52-Year-Old Man Presenting With Chronic Cough and Bilateral Ground-Glass Opacities on CT of the Thorax Low Su-Ying , BMBCh, FCCP, Chau Yuk-Ping , MBBS, Cheah Foong-Koon , MBBS CHEST Volume 132, Issue 4, Pages 1401-1405 (October 2007) DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0030 Copyright © 2007 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 CXR showing postsurgical changes in the right lung associated with an opacity, likely pleurally based, seen over the right mid and lower zones, and healing fractures of the right posterior fifth and sixth ribs. CHEST 2007 132, 1401-1405DOI: (10.1378/chest.07-0030) Copyright © 2007 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 A 5-mm CT scan section of the chest demonstrating ill-defined, nodular ground-glass opacities affecting both lung fields. CHEST 2007 132, 1401-1405DOI: (10.1378/chest.07-0030) Copyright © 2007 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 A 99mTc-MDP whole-body scan showing soft-tissue uptake in both lungs. CHEST 2007 132, 1401-1405DOI: (10.1378/chest.07-0030) Copyright © 2007 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Calcium deposits appear as a layer of hematoxyphilic material (arrow) in the basement membrane of the bronchial mucosa (hematoxylin-eosin, original ×200). CHEST 2007 132, 1401-1405DOI: (10.1378/chest.07-0030) Copyright © 2007 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 The alveolar walls demonstrate basophilic spicules of calcium, which is associated with a foreign-body reaction (arrow) [hematoxylin-eosin, original ×200]. CHEST 2007 132, 1401-1405DOI: (10.1378/chest.07-0030) Copyright © 2007 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions