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Diffuse pulmonary ossification: A case report

Diffuse pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rarely diagnosed entity that may present with characteristic imaging features. It is listed in the differential diagnosis of lung parenchymal calcifications and should be considered by the radiologist if the appropriate findings are identified. We report a c...

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Autores principales: Roriz, Diogo, Abreu, Inês, Marques, Cristina, Teixeira, Luisa, Soares, Pedro Belo, Alves, Filipe Caseiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2016.01.004
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Sumario:Diffuse pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rarely diagnosed entity that may present with characteristic imaging features. It is listed in the differential diagnosis of lung parenchymal calcifications and should be considered by the radiologist if the appropriate findings are identified. We report a case of DPO secondary to mitral stenosis in a patient whose severe cardiac pathology lead to death few weeks after a chest CT was done. To date, there are no specific treatments with proved benefit in this pathology.