A case of metastatic pulmonary calcification after transient acute renal failure.

Radiat Med

Department of Radiology, Kagawa University, Faculty of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.

Published: September 2005

We report a case of metastatic pulmonary calcification that appeared on high-resolution CT (HRCT) as multiple, lobular, ground-glass opacities sparing the perilobular area. Diffuse metastatic calcification such as that in our case was considered to be a result of postoperative transient acute renal failure. Decreasing alveolar air spaces due to both alveolar septal fibrosis and calcification caused the diffuse ground-glass opacities in the present case.

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