title: [Disseminated pulmonary ossification].
abstract: A case of disseminated nodular pulmonary ossification in 89-year-old male is presented. The patient was treated for broncho-pneumonia nad demonstrated chronic circulatory and respiratory failure. Pulmonary ossification was diagnosed at autopsy. The diagnostic problems, morphologic forms, pathogenesis are discussed and the relevant literature reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Anatomii Patologicznej AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubicka-Pertkiewicz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*