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First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain
Dendriform pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rare interstitial lung disease characterised by the presence of mature bone with marrow elements in the lung parenchyma with typical radiologic findings of diffuse and numerous calcified nodules. In this case study, we are presenting a case of asymptomati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7904500/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33654589 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12904 |
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author | Naser, Naser Alwedaie, Sayed Mohammed Jawad Kadhem, Husain |
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description | Dendriform pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rare interstitial lung disease characterised by the presence of mature bone with marrow elements in the lung parenchyma with typical radiologic findings of diffuse and numerous calcified nodules. In this case study, we are presenting a case of asymptomatic primary DPO discovered during routine screening chest X-ray. To our best knowledge, this is the first case of DPO reported in Bahrain. |
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spelling | pubmed-79045002021-03-01 First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain Naser, Naser Alwedaie, Sayed Mohammed Jawad Kadhem, Husain Cureus Internal Medicine Dendriform pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rare interstitial lung disease characterised by the presence of mature bone with marrow elements in the lung parenchyma with typical radiologic findings of diffuse and numerous calcified nodules. In this case study, we are presenting a case of asymptomatic primary DPO discovered during routine screening chest X-ray. To our best knowledge, this is the first case of DPO reported in Bahrain. Cureus 2021-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7904500/ /pubmed/33654589 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12904 Text en Copyright © 2021, Naser et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Naser, Naser Alwedaie, Sayed Mohammed Jawad Kadhem, Husain First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain |
title | First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain |
title_full | First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain |
title_fullStr | First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain |
title_full_unstemmed | First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain |
title_short | First Case of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification in Bahrain |
title_sort | first case of dendriform pulmonary ossification in bahrain |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7904500/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33654589 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12904 |
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