Case Report


Lung ossification: an orphan disease

Maria Konoglou, Paul Zarogoulidis, Aggeliki Baliaka, Eftimia Boutsikou, Vassiliki Dramba, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Ilias Karapantzos, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Courcoutsakis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Leonidas Sakkas

Abstract

Diffuse pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rare entity which is characterized by metaplastic bone formation in the lung parenchyma. It is an uncommon condition without significant symptoms, which is usually diagnosed on autopsy. Diffuse pulmonary ossification can be easily misdiagnosed as one of interstitial lung diseases due to diffuse pulmonary lesions. Two types of diffuse ossification are described in medicine: dendriform and nodular. In this article, the authors present a patient with persistent pneumothorax who underwent investigation of the cause of his disease and a diagnosis of DPO was revealed.

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