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Medical image of the week: amyloidosisKeywords: amyloidosis , pulmonary amyloidosis , pulmonary nodules Abstract: A 60-year-old man with multiple pulmonary calcified nodules and masses was found to have nodular pulmonary light chain amyloidosis with a G kappa light chain in serum. He underwent stem cell transplant in 2003. In 2009, he was found to have pulmonary hypertension. Despite therapy, pulmonary hypertension and amyloidosis progressed.
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