Evidence of unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification with a prolonged Fever and arthralgia caused by acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a chronic dialysis patient

Intern Med. 2015;54(1):63-7. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.54.2840. Epub 2015 Jan 1.

Abstract

A 55-year-old man was transferred to our hospital with unilateral lung lesions, a persistent fever and vague chest pain with arthralgia lasting for three months. He had been treated for end-stage renal disease with hemodialysis for 15 years and had a medical history of recurrent subcutaneous calciphylaxis due to secondary hyperparathyroidism. Transbronchial biopsied specimens demonstrated metastatic pulmonary calcification, and a bone marrow biopsy showed Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Although metastatic calcification often lacks specific symptoms, the lungs is a primary site for deposition. This is the first report of unilateral metastatic pulmonary calcification associated with secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthralgia / etiology
  • Biopsy
  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology*
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Treatment Outcome