Dendriform pulmonary ossification, a form of diffuse pulmonary ossification: Report of a 26-year autopsy experience

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 348-353

  Lara, Jonathan F ^a   Catroppo, James F ^a   Kim, Dae U ^a   Da Costa, Deline ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENDRIFORM PULMONARY OSSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG CALCIFICATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME;

EID: 14844330744     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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