Metastatic pulmonary calcifications postcardiac transplant in a 15-year-old patient: A case report and review of literature

Metastatic pulmonary calcifications postcardiac transplant in a 15-year-old patient: A case report and review of literature

Metastatic pulmonary calcification is a metabolic lung disease that occurs due to a prolonged hypercalcemic state where calcium salts precipitate into numerous foci or nodules of fluffy calcifications in the lung apices, usually bilaterally. Calcifications can also occur in other organs such as in t...

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Main Authors: Dana AlNuaimi, MD, Mahmoud ElKaissi, MD, Ali Wahla, MD, Irfan Shafiq, MD, Shareefa Abdulghaffar, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Subjects:
Metastatic pulmonary calcification
Congenital heart disease
Cardiac transplant
Chest radiography
Computed tomography
Metabolic disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004332030368X

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