TY - JOUR AU - Konoglou, Maria AU - Zarogoulidis, Paul AU - Baliaka, Aggeliki AU - Boutsikou, Eftimia AU - Dramba, Vassiliki AU - Tsakiridis, Kosmas AU - Karapantzos, Ilias AU - Katsikogiannis, Nikolaos AU - Kougioumtzi, Ioanna AU - Courcoutsakis, Nikolaos AU - Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos AU - Sakkas, Leonidas PY - 2013 TI - Lung ossification: an orphan disease JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 5, No 1 (February 02, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2013 KW - N2 - 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. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/848