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Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report

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    • Zhixin Liang
    • Tian Qiu
    • Zhigang Zhao
    • Liang'an Chen
    • Danyang She
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    Affiliations: Department of Respiration, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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Abstract

Metastatic pulmonary calcification is a rare lesion, characterized by calcium salt depositing in normal lung tissue. The clinical profile of a case of metastatic pulmonary calcification following renal transplantation was described. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed ground‑glass opacities in bilateral lungs and a node exhibiting a halo in the right upper lobe, which were suspected aspergillus infection. Following examination and therapy, the results of lung biopsy revealed metastatic pulmonary calcification. Although metastatic pulmonary calcification was reported in renal failure patients previously, metastatic pulmonary calcification with cavity lesions has never, to the best of our knowledge, been previously reported. The aim of the present report was to improve the understanding of metastatic pulmonary calcification.
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Liang Z, Qiu T, Zhao Z, Chen L and She D: Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report. Mol Clin Oncol 4: 409-412, 2016.
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Liang, Z., Qiu, T., Zhao, Z., Chen, L., & She, D. (2016). Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 4, 409-412. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.723
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Liang, Z., Qiu, T., Zhao, Z., Chen, L., She, D."Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 4.3 (2016): 409-412.
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Liang, Z., Qiu, T., Zhao, Z., Chen, L., She, D."Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 4, no. 3 (2016): 409-412. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.723
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Liang Z, Qiu T, Zhao Z, Chen L and She D: Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report. Mol Clin Oncol 4: 409-412, 2016.
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Liang, Z., Qiu, T., Zhao, Z., Chen, L., & She, D. (2016). Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 4, 409-412. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.723
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Liang, Z., Qiu, T., Zhao, Z., Chen, L., She, D."Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 4.3 (2016): 409-412.
Chicago
Liang, Z., Qiu, T., Zhao, Z., Chen, L., She, D."Metastatic pulmonary calcification misdiagnosed as a fungal infection: A case report". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 4, no. 3 (2016): 409-412. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2015.723
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