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Vol. 43. Issue 6.
Pages 349-351 (January 2007)
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Vol. 43. Issue 6.
Pages 349-351 (January 2007)
Case Report
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Lung Calcifications and Chronic Kidney Failure
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M. Carme Puy
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mpuyr@santpau.es

Correspondence: Dra. M.C. Puy. Departamento de Neumologìa. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Sant Antoni M. Claret, 167. 08025 Barcelona. España
, Josè Manuel Rodrìguez-Arias, Pere Casan
Departamento de Neumologìa, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Pulmonary calcification is relatively uncommon and typically asymptomatic. A number of diseases are associated with this disorder, including chronic kidney failure, infections, and lung amyloidosis. There are, moreover, a number of conditions, such as hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, alkalosis, and alveolar damage, which predispose a patient to calcification.

We describe a case of pulmonary calcifications associated with chronic kidney failure which had required hemodialysis and a subsequent kidney transplant.

Key words:
Metastatic pulmonary calcifications
Chronic kidney failure
Hemodialysis
Kidney transplant

La calcificaciòn pulmonar es relativamente infrecuente y por lo general asintomàtica. Se asocian a ella mùltiples enfer-medades, como la insuficiencia renal crònica, las infecciones y la amiloidosis pulmonar, entre otras, asì como numerosas situaciones que predisponen a su formaciòn, como la hiper-calcemia, la hiperfosfatemia, la alcalosis o el daño alveolar.

Presentamos un caso de calcificaciones pulmonares asocia-das a insuficiencia renal crònica que habìa requerido trata-miento con hemodiàlisis y posteriormente trasplante renal.

Palabras clave:
Calcificaciones pulmonares metastàsicas
Insu-ficiencia renal crònica
Hemodiàlisis
Trasplante renal
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