Lung Calcifications and Chronic Kidney Failure

M. Carme Puy, Josè Manuel Rodrìguez-Arias, Pere Casan
2007 Archivos de Bronconeumologia  
Pulmonary calcification is relatively uncommon and typically asymptomatic. A number of diseases are associated with this disorder, including chronic kidney failure, infections, and lung amyloidosis. There are, moreover, a number of conditions, such as hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, alkalosis, and alveolar damage, which predispose a patient to calcification. We describe a case of pulmonary calcifications associated with chronic kidney failure which had required hemodialysis and a subsequent kidney transplant.
doi:10.1016/s1579-2129(07)60082-2 pmid:17583646 fatcat:nunf4snzmfefhisz4hppbphjve