Pulmonary ossification in association with congenital protein C deficiency.
A case of diffuse pulmonary ossification in association with congenital protein C deficiency is presented. We propose that multiple pulmonary thrombi secondary to a long-term hypercoagulable state produced pulmonary ischemia that predisposed to intralveolar ossification.
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University of Kansas School of Medicine-Kansas City, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020151:Protein C Deficiency