A case of temporary metastatic pulmonary calcification in a patient with hyperparathyroidism on peritoneal dialysis.

CONCLUSION: In a patient on PD, this is the first case of MPC that developed due to acute hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and dehydration and in which the ectopic pulmonary calcification clearly decreased with optimization of iPTH. PMID: 33211001 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33211001?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical Nephrology - November 19, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Kawase K, Takagi K, Mizuno M, Horie M Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research