An Unusual Case of Extensive Intra-Thoracic and Intra Abdominal Calcifications

Attila Frigy; Ildikó Kocsis

doi:10.21767/2471-8041.100085

Abstract

An Unusual Case of Extensive Intra-Thoracic and Intra Abdominal Calcifications

The paper presents a rare case of massive visceral calcifications in a patient with congestive heart failure caused by effusive-constrictive pericarditis. The thoracic and abdominal CT demonstrated extensive visceral calcifications, including huge, shell-like perirenal calcified masses. Highly elevated parathormone levels revealed the diagnosis of a long lasting hyperparathyroidism as substrate for our findings.

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Attila Frigy and Ildikó Kocsis

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