Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Metastatic Pulmonary Calcification

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2018 Jan;25(1):60-62. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000412.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchoscopy
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hyperparathyroidism / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Confocal / instrumentation
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed