[A man with dyspnoea after a kidney transplant]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2017:161:D1782.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

We present a 62-year-old man with a kidney transplant in the past. Because of progressive dyspnoea a CT-scan was made, which showed ground glass in the upper fields with calcifications. He was diagnosed with metastatic pulmonary calcification, which is mostly seen in patient with renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Disease Progression
  • Dyspnea
  • Humans
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / complications*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged