Idiopathic dendriform pulmonary ossification as the phenotype of interstitial lung abnormalities: CT-pathologic correlation and prevalence.

Midori UenoRyoko EgashiraMikiko HashisakoKiminori FujimotoTaiki FukudaYoshiko HayashidaHiromitsu SumikawaJunya TominagaTomonori TanakaYasuhiro TerasakiJunya FukuokaYasuhiko NishiokaTakatoshi AokiToshifumi GabataHiroto HatabuTakeshi Johkoh

Published in: Japanese journal of radiology (2024)

Idiopathic DPO showed linear or branching structures with or without high attenuation on CT, corresponded to ossification, cicatricial OP/fibrosis. DPO was seen in 9.2% of ILAs cases. Idiopathic DPO is one of pathologic phenotypes of ILAs.

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