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Progressive lung calcification after orthotopic heart transplant

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Focal, asymmetrical pulmonary airspace opacities in post-transplant setting are commonly from infection, hemorrhage, edema or infarction. Rarely, stable or mildly progressive dense pulmonary opacities are due to pulmonary calcifications. In the majority of cases, these are asymptomatic and warrant no further intervention.

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  1. Cardiopulmonary Section, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th St. S JTN 370, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    Sushilkumar Sonavane & Satinder Singh

  2. Pediatric Section, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Saurabh Guleria

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    David R. Crowe

  4. Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Brad Steenwyk

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Sonavane, S., Guleria, S., Crowe, D.R. et al. Progressive lung calcification after orthotopic heart transplant. Pediatr Radiol 45, 124–128 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-3023-z

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