Neoplasia USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 58 year old woman is evaluated for fatigue, constipation, and recurrent kidney stones. She has bone pain and a serum calcium of 12.8 mg/dL with elevated parathyroid hormone. CT scan of the chest shows fine calcifications in the alveolar septa, and renal ultrasound shows medullary calcifications. Which of the following pathologic processes best explains the calcium deposition in this patient?
Answer choices
- ACaseous necrosis
- BDystrophic calcification
- CMetastatic calcificationCorrect answer
- DFat necrosis
- ECoagulative necrosis
- FFibrinoid necrosis
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