Severe Metastatic Pulmonary Calcification

Metastatic pulmonary calcification diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy

“…Pulmonary metastatic calcification is a rare benign entity that should be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients with hypercalcemia and pulmonary infiltrates. The diagnosis of metastatic pulmonary calcification by conventional transbronchial biopsy [6] has been described, but we have not found in the medical literature the use of cryobiopsy as a diagnostic method in this pathology. Transbronchial cryobiopsy [5] is shown as a minimally invasive and useful way to diagnose it.…”

Calcificaciones pulmonares metastásicas, 3 casos clínicos

“…1,7 En raras ocasiones, se pueden presentar casos severos con hipoxemia, falla respiratoria y muerte. 8,9,10 Los casos 1 y 3 presentados, cursaban con disnea como síntoma principal, sin embargo, el caso 2 fue asintomático.…”