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Respiratory Medicine

Volume 94, Issue 3, March 2000, Pages 190-193
Respiratory Medicine

Topical Review
Pulmonary calcifications: a review

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

pulmonary calcifications
tuberculosis
hyperparathyroidism
chronic renal failure
pulmonary nodules.

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Correspondence should be addressed to: Prof MR Kramer, Pulmonary institute: Rabin Medical Center, Bellinson Campus, Petah tikva, Israel 49100. Fax: 97239242091; E-mail: [email protected].