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Pulmonary calcifications in a child with renal failure

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A chronically azotemic 2 6/12 boy developed diffuse, bilateral pulmonary calcification. The radiographic features and pathologic mechanism of such pulmonary calcification is discussed.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Boulevard, 48201, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    T. L. Slovis, N. Chand, T. O. Shanavos, L. E. Fleischmann & A. J. Brough

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    T. L. Slovis, N. Chand, T. O. Shanavos, L. E. Fleischmann & A. J. Brough

  3. Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    T. L. Slovis, N. Chand, T. O. Shanavos, L. E. Fleischmann & A. J. Brough

  4. the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michgan, USA

    T. L. Slovis, N. Chand, T. O. Shanavos, L. E. Fleischmann & A. J. Brough

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Slovis, T.L., Chand, N., Shanavos, T.O. et al. Pulmonary calcifications in a child with renal failure. Pediatr Radiol 6, 112–115 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00973534

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