Pulmonary calcifications: a review

Pulmonary calcification is a common asymptomatic finding, usually discovered on routine chest X-ray or at autopsy. Pulmonary calcifications are caused mainly by two mechanisms: the dystrophic form and the metastatic form (1). Despite the different aetiologies, the pulmonary function and clinical man...

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Published in:Respiratory Medicine 2000-03, Vol.94 (3), p.190-193
Main Authors: BENDAYAN, D., BARZIV, Y., KRAMER, M.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis - etiology
chronic renal failure
Humans
hyperparathyroidism
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases - etiology
Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms - secondary
Medical sciences
Pleural Diseases - diagnostic imaging
pulmonary calcifications
pulmonary nodules
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Respiratory system
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tropical medicine
tuberculosis
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Summary:Pulmonary calcification is a common asymptomatic finding, usually discovered on routine chest X-ray or at autopsy. Pulmonary calcifications are caused mainly by two mechanisms: the dystrophic form and the metastatic form (1). Despite the different aetiologies, the pulmonary function and clinical manifestations are quite similar in both forms. We present a review of the clinical and radiology findings of the different aspects of pulmonary calcifications according to its pathogenesis and its anatomic distribution: parenchymal, lymphe node and pleural.
ISSN:0954-6111
1532-3064
DOI:10.1053/rmed.1999.0716