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Dendriform pulmonary ossification in patient with rare earth pneumoconiosis

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
² Department of Occupational Disease, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
³ National Institute of Industrial Health, Tokyo, Japan

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr J S Song
St Mary’s Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, 62 Youido-dong Youngdeungpo-ku, Seoul, 150-713, Republic of Korea; jssong{at}catholic.ac.kr

The case history is presented of a patient with pathologically proven dendriform pulmonary ossification and rare earth pneumoconiosis confirmed by analytical transmission electron microscopy. This is thought to be the first report of this association.

Keywords: dendriform pulmonary ossification; rare earth pneumoconiosis; occupational lung disease