An Imaging Review Article on Pleura Pulmonary Calcification and its Impact
The lungs as well as the pleura are common sites of calcification. Important causes of calcification of lung parenchymal are prior infections (like viral pneumonia, miliary Koch`s), primary lung tumours and calcifying metastases to lung from carcinoma of breast, testes, thyroid and osteosarcoma. L...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2013-04-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijars.net/articles/PDF/1956/4482_F(H)_PF1(PH)_PFA(N).pdf |
| Summary: | The lungs as well as the pleura are common sites of calcification. Important causes of calcification of lung parenchymal are prior infections (like viral pneumonia, miliary
Koch`s), primary lung tumours and calcifying metastases
to lung from carcinoma of breast, testes, thyroid and osteosarcoma. Lung parenchymal calcifications may also be
seen in occupational lung diseases like coal workers pneumoconiosis.
Common causes of pleural calcification are tuberculosis,
asbestosis, empyema and old hemothorax. Primary pleural
malignancy like mesothelioma and pleural metastases from
carcinoma of breast, testes, thyroid and osteosarcoma can
also calcify. While tiny calcifications are seen only on high
resolution computed tomography [HRCT], larger calcifications are visible on routine chest radiographs as well. Ultrasound of the thorax does not demonstrate them satisfactorily.
As the calcifications involving the Lung and the Pleura can
have grave significance especially in the setting of neoplastic conditions, it is important to know how they appear on
some common imaging modalities. |
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| ISSN: | 2277-8543 2455-6874 |