Dendriform pulmonary ossification in patient with rare earth pneumoconiosis

H K Yoon; H S Moon; S H Park; J S Song; Y Lim; N Kohyama

doi:10.1136/thx.2003.006270

Dendriform pulmonary ossification in patient with rare earth pneumoconiosis

Thorax. 2005 Aug;60(8):701-3. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.006270.

Authors

H K Yoon¹, H S Moon, S H Park, J S Song, Y Lim, N Kohyama

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Forced Expiratory Volume / physiology
Humans
Lung Diseases / pathology*
Lung Diseases / physiopathology
Male
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology*
Ossification, Heterotopic / physiopathology
Pneumoconiosis / pathology*
Pneumoconiosis / physiopathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Vital Capacity / physiology