A Rare Case of Asymptomatic Diffuse Pulmonary Ossification Detected during a Routine Health Examination
| Autor: | Yukihiko Sugiyama, Masashi Bando, Naoko Mato, Hideaki Yamasawa, Tatsuya Hosono, Yoshiko Mizushina, Mitsugu Hironaka, Takakiyo Nakaya, Akira Tanaka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Lung Diseases Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Radiography Lung biopsy Asymptomatic Fibrosis Internal Medicine medicine Humans Physical Examination Asymptomatic Diseases Lung business.industry Ossification Ossification Heterotopic General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Reticular connective tissue Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 51:2923-2927 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| Popis: | A 26-year-old man presented at our hospital in 2008 to undergo detailed investigations as part of a routine health examination. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed linear and reticular opacities with, in part, diffuse calcification in the lung fields bilaterally. A surgical lung biopsy was performed and the histological findings were compatible with a diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary ossification (DPO) of the dendriform type. DPO usually occurs as a secondary disease. As the histological changes in interstitial fibrosis were minimal rather than diffuse and not significant enough to be regarded as interstitial pneumonia, we considered this to be an idiopathic case. However, the findings appear to suggest that inflammation and fibrosis were associated with ossification. |
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