Pulmonary calcifications: a review.
Pulmonary calcification is a common asymptomatic finding, usually discovered on routine chest X-ray or at autopsy. Pulmonary calcifications are caused mainly by two mechanisms: the dystrophic form and the metastatic form (1). Despite the different aetiologies, the pulmonary function and clinical manifestations are quite similar in both forms. We present a review of the clinical and radiology findings of the different aspects of pulmonary calcifications according to its pathogenesis and its anatomic distribution: parenchymal, lymphe node and pleural.
Bendayan
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Pulmonary Institute, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Barziv
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Kramer
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed