title: [Metastatic pulmonary calcification in a patient with a functioning kidney allograft. Report of one case].
abstract: In renal transplants patients, metastatic pulmonary calcifications have been reported occasionally when the grafts are dysfunctional and rarely when they are functioning normally. We report a male who received a renal allograft in 1994 at the age of 61 years. Nineteen years later a routine chest X ray showed diffuse infiltrates and a CT scan showed diffuse calcifications in both lungs. These were interpreted as metastatic pulmonary calcifications. The last available laboratory determinations were a serum creatinine of 1.4 mg/dl and urinary protein excretion of 255 mg/24 hours. No further studies were done since the patient experienced a sudden death due to an acute myocardial infarction.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.forename: Helmuth
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goecke
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santamarina
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000097:blood; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine