[Pulmonary calcifications and chronic kidney failure].
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.
Puy
M Carme
MC
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
Rodríguez-Arias
José Manuel
JM
Casan
Pere
P
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged