TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary calcifications following orthotopic liver transplantation
AU - Bendayan, Daniele
AU - Benari, Ziv
AU - Shechtman, Issach
AU - Yarmolovsky, Alexander
AU - Tur-Kaspa, Ran
AU - Fink, Gershon
AU - Kramer, Mordechai R.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - A 48-year-old patient underwent an orthotopic liver transplantation for end stage liver disease. He was reinfected with hepatitis B and D, and his liver function tests deteriorated. In evaluation for liver retransplantation, chest computed tomography revealed a left lower lobe dense infiltrate. Two bronchoscopies with transbronchial biopsy specimens were performed with negative results for opportunistic infection. An open lung biopsy revealed intraalveolar calcifications. We review the literature for this uncommon complication after liver transplantation.
AB - A 48-year-old patient underwent an orthotopic liver transplantation for end stage liver disease. He was reinfected with hepatitis B and D, and his liver function tests deteriorated. In evaluation for liver retransplantation, chest computed tomography revealed a left lower lobe dense infiltrate. Two bronchoscopies with transbronchial biopsy specimens were performed with negative results for opportunistic infection. An open lung biopsy revealed intraalveolar calcifications. We review the literature for this uncommon complication after liver transplantation.
KW - Hypercalcemia
KW - Liver transplantation
KW - Open lung biopsy
KW - Pulmonary calcification
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U2 - 10.1097/00128594-200107000-00012
DO - 10.1097/00128594-200107000-00012
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AN - SCOPUS:0034978883
SN - 1944-6586
VL - 8
SP - 200
EP - 202
JO - Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
JF - Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
IS - 3
ER -
