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fibrocalcific

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fibrocalcific /fi·bro·cal·cif·ic/ (-kal-sif´ik) pertaining to or characterized by partially calcified fibrous tissue.
fibrocalcific
pertaining to or characterized by partially calcified fibrous tissue.

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The fibrocalcific nodules found on the chest radiograph imply that either 1) the patient might have had histoplasmosis for years and it became disseminated because of immunosuppressive therapy for rheumatoid arthritis or 2) the patient was reinfected with the calcified lesions that resulted from prior histoplasmosis.
 
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