Metastatic pulmonary calcification: a case report and literature overview
Ground-glass opacities have a broad differential diagnosis, including infectious, metabolic, inflammatory and malignant causes. This case presents an underdiagnosed entity of dense ground-glass opacities, namely metastatic pulmonary calcifications (MPC). This is a benign metabolic disease characterised by the deposition of calcium in the lungs, mostly described in patients with chronic kidney injury and secondary hyperparathyroidism. The majority of the patients require no treatment, but in some cases it may lead to irreversible lung damage.
Clinical and radiological features, as well as the patient’s history, are crucial to make a correct diagnosis since MPC has a relatively specific appearance on imaging.
This case study discusses the medical history and imaging appearance of a 44-year-old woman with MPC, followed by a literature overview.
Pulmonary Calcifications Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
