Extensive diffuse pulmonary ossification.
Diffuse lung injury can either heal normally or progress to fibrosis. Calcification in the setting of fibrosis is common. The appearance of mature woven bone is not. We report a patient with extensive diffuse pulmonary ossification and discuss some of the theories relating to the development of this phenomenon.
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Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital 10021.
Godwin
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications