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Can pneumonia cause calcified chest nodules?

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Dr. Michael Ein answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Not if bacterial: Calcified granulomata develop in the lungs after primary tuberculosis infection and after several fungal pulmonary infections. They do not develop after usual bacterial or viral pneumonias.

Answered 1/7/2019

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