Chronic Aspiration as a Cause for Dendriform Pulmonary Ossifications
Joris Schollaert, Wim Geyskens, Naïm Jerjir
TL;DR
Dendriform pulmonary ossifications can be caused by chronic aspiration, not just interstitial lung disease.
Contribution
Identifies chronic aspiration as a novel cause of dendriform pulmonary ossifications.
Findings
DPO can appear in patients with chronic aspiration when no ILD is present on CT.
DPO is characterized by dendrite-like lines in the lung bases.
Abstract
Teaching point: Dendriform pulmonary ossifications (DPO) are a rare form of diffuse pulmonary ossifications, in which these ossifications are organised in dendrite-like lines in the periphery of the bases of the lung, most commonly attributed to underlying interstitial lung disease (ILD), but can also be found in patients with chronic aspiration if no other CT findings of ILD are present.
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Taxonomy
TopicsMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies · Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis · Tracheal and airway disorders