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A 20-year-old man, who had long-standing end-stage renal disease and was receiving peritoneal dialysis, presented with fever and abdominal pain. The patient began peritoneal dialysis at the age of 4 years because of a nephropathy of uncertain origin and subsequently underwent a renal transplantation, which failed. He had hypertension, had had multiple previous episodes of peritonitis, and had undergone a partial parathyroidectomy. Extensive calcifications were noted on radiographic evaluation, including increased opacification of the pulmonary interstitium on chest radiography (Panel A), extensive calcification within the interstitium on computed tomography (CT) of the chest (Panel B), and extensive peritoneal calcifications on . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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