Faces of Calcified Masses

Infection Inflammation Malignancy Mechanical/Atelectasis Trauma Metabolic Circulatory- Hemorrhage Immune Infiltrative Idiopathic Iatrogenic Idiopathic

Speckled Calcification

79 year old male with a 5.5cms mass in the left upper lobe shown on CT coronal reformats (upper) and axial projection (lower) on bone and soft tissue windows. The mass is characterized by heterogeneous “popcorn-like” calcifications Findings are consistent with a hamartoma
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Popcorn Calcifications

86 year old female with a stable calcified nodule in the right lower lobe. The calcification is lobulated and this appearance is reminiscent either of the popcorn calcification of a hamartoma or an amyloid nodule
Ashley Davidoff TheCommonvein.net
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Heavy Homogeneous Calcification – Hamartoma

80 year old male with stable calcifications in a 2.9cms lung nodule. The calcification is large and irregular and mostly central. Diagnosis includes a benign hamartoma
and amyloidoma
Ashley Davidoff TheCommonvein.net
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Amyloid

The Largest Bronchocentric Mass with Calcification
83 y.o. male with biopsy proven nodular lung AL amyloidosis diagnosed by lung biopsy 5 years ago . His underlying amylogenic protein was typed by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry as kappa.
Ashley Davidoff
TheCommonVein.net

Metastases

65 year old male with rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma
CT scan of the chest shows a metastatic nodule with psammomatous calcifications
Ashley Davidoff
TheCommonVein.net
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Calcified Metastases in the Lung from Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus

Calcified Metastases in the Lung from Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus
CT scan through right lower lobe of the lung shows a calcified mass representing a metastasis from a primary uterine leiomyosarcoma.
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