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Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report

Metastatic pulmonary calcification is a rare lesion, characterized by calcium salt depositing in normal lung tissue. The clinical profile of a case of metastatic pulmonary calcification following renal transplantation was described. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed ground-glass opaci...

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Autores principales: LIANG, ZHIXIN, QIU, TIAN, ZHAO, ZHIGANG, CHEN, LIANG'AN, SHE, DANYANG
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26998293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.723
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QIU, TIAN
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description Metastatic pulmonary calcification is a rare lesion, characterized by calcium salt depositing in normal lung tissue. The clinical profile of a case of metastatic pulmonary calcification following renal transplantation was described. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed ground-glass opacities in bilateral lungs and a node exhibiting a halo in the right upper lobe, which were suspected aspergillus infection. Following examination and therapy, the results of lung biopsy revealed metastatic pulmonary calcification. Although metastatic pulmonary calcification was reported in renal failure patients previously, metastatic pulmonary calcification with cavity lesions has never, to the best of our knowledge, been previously reported. The aim of the present report was to improve the understanding of metastatic pulmonary calcification.
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spelling pubmed-47744412016-03-18 Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report LIANG, ZHIXIN QIU, TIAN ZHAO, ZHIGANG CHEN, LIANG'AN SHE, DANYANG Mol Clin Oncol Articles Metastatic pulmonary calcification is a rare lesion, characterized by calcium salt depositing in normal lung tissue. The clinical profile of a case of metastatic pulmonary calcification following renal transplantation was described. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed ground-glass opacities in bilateral lungs and a node exhibiting a halo in the right upper lobe, which were suspected aspergillus infection. Following examination and therapy, the results of lung biopsy revealed metastatic pulmonary calcification. Although metastatic pulmonary calcification was reported in renal failure patients previously, metastatic pulmonary calcification with cavity lesions has never, to the best of our knowledge, been previously reported. The aim of the present report was to improve the understanding of metastatic pulmonary calcification. D.A. Spandidos 2016-03 2015-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4774441/ /pubmed/26998293 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.723 Text en Copyright: © Liang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report
title Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report
title_full Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report
title_fullStr Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report
title_short Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report
title_sort metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26998293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.723
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