Imaging of diffuse metastatic and dystrophic pulmonary calcification in children after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

The authors describe three cases of diffuse pulmonary calcification; two metastatic in children with acute transitory renal failure and the other dystrophic in a child with leukaemia. All three patients underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Chest radiographs disclosed diffuse ca...

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Published inBritish journal of radiology Vol. 78; no. 932; p. 708
Main Authors Guermazi, A, Espérou, H, Selimi, F, Gluckman, E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.08.2005
Subjects
Acute Disease
Acute Kidney Injury - diagnostic imaging
Acute Kidney Injury - therapy
Adolescent
Calcinosis - complications
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Child
Fanconi Anemia - diagnostic imaging
Fanconi Anemia - therapy
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - methods
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid - diagnostic imaging
Leukemia, Myeloid - therapy
Lung Diseases - complications
Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Male
Postoperative Complications
Radiography
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Summary:The authors describe three cases of diffuse pulmonary calcification; two metastatic in children with acute transitory renal failure and the other dystrophic in a child with leukaemia. All three patients underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Chest radiographs disclosed diffuse calcification within the lungs. The distribution of this calcification was bilateral but asymmetric. Diagnosis was made in two cases by high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and in one case by HRCT and bone scan. Radiological characteristics, scintigraphic features, pathological mechanism and clinical outcome of such pulmonary calcification are discussed.
ISSN:0007-1285
DOI:10.1259/bjr/74299224