Unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism

We report a case of unilateral left metastatic pulmonary calcification (MPC) in a 30-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, acute nephritis, and left main pulmonary artery pulmonary embolism. Unilateral MPC is rare and is mostly seen in the context of ipsilateral pulmonary embolism. The p...

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Autores principales: Semionov, Alexandre, Azuelos, Ilan, Mendel, Arielle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10520656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37766834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.102
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author Semionov, Alexandre
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description We report a case of unilateral left metastatic pulmonary calcification (MPC) in a 30-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, acute nephritis, and left main pulmonary artery pulmonary embolism. Unilateral MPC is rare and is mostly seen in the context of ipsilateral pulmonary embolism. The proposed mechanism is the promotion of calcium salts precipitation by focal alkalosis resulting from reduced blood flow to the lung affected by the pulmonary arterial obstruction.
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spelling pubmed-105206562023-09-27 Unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism Semionov, Alexandre Azuelos, Ilan Mendel, Arielle Radiol Case Rep Case Report We report a case of unilateral left metastatic pulmonary calcification (MPC) in a 30-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, acute nephritis, and left main pulmonary artery pulmonary embolism. Unilateral MPC is rare and is mostly seen in the context of ipsilateral pulmonary embolism. The proposed mechanism is the promotion of calcium salts precipitation by focal alkalosis resulting from reduced blood flow to the lung affected by the pulmonary arterial obstruction. Elsevier 2023-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10520656/ /pubmed/37766834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.102 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism
title_full Unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism
title_fullStr Unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism
title_short Unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism
title_sort unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification in context of ipsilateral central pulmonary embolism
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10520656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37766834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.102
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