Calcified pulmonary metastases from medullary carcinoma of the thyroid

Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1995 Jul-Aug;19(4):325-8. doi: 10.1016/0895-6111(95)00013-5.

Abstract

A case of calcified pulmonary metastases from medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is reported. This uncommon cause of multiple calcified pulmonary nodules is demonstrated on a computerized tomography (CT) scan and proven by pathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Medullary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Medullary / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Medullary / secondary*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed