title: Pulmonary calcification in renal failure patient incidentally revealed by bone scintigraphy.
abstract: Pulmonary calcification is a subdiagnosed metabolic lung disease that is commonly asymptomatic and frequently associated with end-stage renal disease. We report a case of a 21-year-old man with a 4-year history of end-stage renal disease without respiratory symptoms. We discover incidentally on a bone scan a pulmonary calcification. Parathyroidectomy was refused by the patient. After 3 months of medical treatment, a second bone scan was done, and we found a partial response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sellem
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Wassim El
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Ajmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Yazid
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mahjoub
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hammami
keywords: Bone scintigraphy; hemodialysis; lung calcification