Dendriform pulmonary ossification in patient with rare earth pneumoconiosis.
The case history is presented of a patient with pathologically proven dendriform pulmonary ossification and rare earth pneumoconiosis confirmed by analytical transmission electron microscopy. This is thought to be the first report of this association.
Yoon
H K
HK
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Moon
H S
HS
Park
S H
SH
Song
J S
JS
Lim
Y
Y
Kohyama
N
N
D000328:Adult; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology