Open AccessPulmonary calcification in renal failure patient incidentally revealed by bone scintigraphy
Author(s) -
A. Sellem,
W. El Ajmi,
Yazid Mahjoub,
Hatem Hammami
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.158546
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , calcification , parathyroidectomy , radiology , bone scintigraphy , stage (stratigraphy) , lung , disease , end stage renal disease , surgery , parathyroid hormone , paleontology , biology , calcium
Pulmonary calcification is a subdiagnosed metabolic lung disease that is commonly asymptomatic and frequently associated with end-stage renal disease. We report a case of a 21-year-old man with a 4-year history of end-stage renal disease without respiratory symptoms. We discover incidentally on a bone scan a pulmonary calcification. Parathyroidectomy was refused by the patient. After 3 months of medical treatment, a second bone scan was done, and we found a partial response.