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Pulmonary calcification after liver transplantation in children

¹ Department of Paediatrics, The Children's Hospital, Birmingham B16 8ET, UK ² Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital, Birmingham B16 8ET, UK ³ Department of Hepatology, The Children's Hospital, Birmingham B16 8ET, UK ⁴ Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, The Children's Hospital, Birmingham B16 8ET, UK

Correspondence: Address correspondence to Dr D Spencer, Cystic Fibrosis Unit, The Children's Hospital, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham B16 8ET, UK.

Pulmonary calcification following liver transplantation is a recognized phenomenon in adults but has not been previously described in children. We describe two children who developed pulmonary calcification after liver transplantation. Pulmonary calcification should be considered after liver transplantation when radiographic changes fail to resolve with appropriate treatment.

Received for publication October 6, 1994. Revision received March 8, 1995. Accepted for publication April 5, 1995.

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