title: [Pulmonary calcifications and chronic kidney failure].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neumología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Sant Antoni Ma. Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. mpuyr@santpau.es
authors.forename: M Carme
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Puy
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Arias
authors.forename: Pere
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casan
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged