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. 2013 Jan;23(1):15-8.
doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.113613.

Dendriform pulmonary ossification: Report of two cases

Lamia Jamjoom  1 , Moulay Meziane, Rahul D Renapurkar
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Dendriform pulmonary ossification: Report of two cases

Lamia Jamjoom et al. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2013 Jan.

Abstract

Dendriform pulmonary ossification is a rare form of diffuse pulmonary ossification that is usually detected incidentally on chest radiographs or chest computed tomography (CT) imaging. In this article, we present two patients who were incidentally found to have dendriform pulmonary ossification on chest imaging. The article will present the history and imaging findings of these two cases and then review the clinical, histological, and radiographic manifestations of dendriform pulmonary ossification.

Keywords: Dendriform pulmonary ossification; chest radiography; computed tomography.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest X-ray shows patchy bilateral interstitial opacities in both lungs (arrows)
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Figures 2 and 3
CT images show the branching calcific densities in both lungs (arrows)
Figure 4
Figure 4
Ossification (left) adjacent to benign, unremarkable, lung alveoli (right) (H and E, ×100)
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Figures 5 and 6
CT images show the clustered calcific densities in the left lower lobe associated with fibrosis (arrows)
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