Lymph node enlargement with egg shell calcifications due to silicosis
Lymph node enlargement with egg shell calcifications due to silicosis
(A) Chest radiograph from a patient with a history of silica inhalation showing coarse calcifications on a background of small rounded pulmonary opacities. (B) Axial computed tomogram (CT) showing a mostly peripheral distribution of calcifications in the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes, known as "egg shell calcifications".