title: Progressive pulmonary calcification after successful renal transplantation.
abstract: In 2005, a 46-year-old woman consulted our department for an evaluation of a chest radiographic abnormality. She had undergone a successful living renal transplantation in 1999 after being treated by dialysis for four years. A chest computed tomographic scan revealed progressive bilateral fluffy, poorly defined small nodules and the bronchoscopic study revealed a unique linear and nodular lesion pattern. Based on the findings of these modalities, we confirmed the diagnosis of metaplastic pulmonary calcification. This is the first report of these bronchoscopic findings and submucosal calcification in a case of metastatic pulmonary calcification.
authors.affiliation: The First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. yasumasa@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuo
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Yoshimichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed