Vasilev Igor, Mamenko Igor, Tabanakova Irina, Vikulova Irina, Shevel Vera, Ushkov Alexey, Novickaya Tatiana, Archakova Ludmila, Sokolovich Eugene, Yablonskii Piotr
Federal State Institution, Saint-Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, Ministry of Health of Russia.
Medical Faculty, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2018 Jan;25(1):60-62. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000412.
We report a case of metastatic pulmonary calcification in a patient with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis and secondary hyperparathyroidism. The diagnosis was made by using a probe-based confocal endomicroscopy which showed specific structures in the lung tissue and was proven by a transbronchial lung biopsy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of the confocal endomicroscopy findings in a patient with metastatic pulmonary calcification.
