CALCIFICATION in the right upper quadrant may lie in the kidney, adrenal gland, gall bladder, liver or retroperitoneal area. Kidney tumors and tuberculosis of the kidney do show calcification.
Calcification is the deposition of calcium into the neointima (within atherosclerotic plaque) and/or the tunica media (the medial smooth muscle layer) of the blood vessels, and can occur with ...
In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...