Which of the following represents an example of metastatic calcification?
Correct Answer: Pulmonary calcification in chronic renal failure
Description: End-stage renal failure leads to hyperparathyroidism and secondarily to hypercalcemia. The latter results in metastatic calcification. Old foci of tuberculosis, a calcified mitral valve damaged previously by rheumatic fever, and calcification within breast cancer are all examples of dystrophic calcification.
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