Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Metastatic Pulmonary Calcification
- Radiologic Findings
- Fig. 1. Chest posteroanterior radiograph showing multifocal patchy ground-glass opacities (GGOs) in both lungs and suspicious linear calcification in the right upper lung zone.
Figs. 2
- Brief Review
- Metastatic pulmonary calcification (MPC) is a subdiagnosed metabolic lung disease that is commonly associated with end-stage renal disease. This interstitial process is characterized by the deposition of calcium salts, predominantly in the alveolar epithelial basement membrane. MPC is seen at autopsy in 60%
- Please refer to
Case 1051, Case 716, Case 169, -
KSTR imaging conference 2017 Spring Case 15,
- References
- 1. Bel
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