CASE REPORT article
Front. Med.
Sec. Pulmonary Medicine
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1615806
This article is part of the Research TopicCase Reports in Pulmonary Medicine 2025View all 13 articles
PULMONARY OSSIFICATION : A CASE REPORT
Provisionally accepted
Camilla Di Somma
Anna Annunziata
Antonietta Coppola*
Giorgio Emanuele Polistina
Antonella Marotta
Giuseppe Fiorentino- Department of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Colli Hospital, Naples, Campania, Italy
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Pulmonary calcification and ossifcation are an uncommon finding characterised by the depositions of calcium salts or bone tissue deposition in the lung, generally associated with chronic kidney disease, hyperparathyroidism and other several causes (1). Ossification is bone formation without or with marrow elements in the lung.(1) In some patients a new entity of subclincal primary hyperparathyroidism has been detected, charaterized by a persistently elevated parathyroid hormone concentration and normal serum calcium level, usually asymptomatic (2). CT scan is the standard method to detecte calcification and ossification. Radiological presentation on CT is characterized by round or lobulated nodules (5). Follow up consist in monitoring lung images and lung function to assess disease progression. Is suggest an annual CT scan. In this case we present a rare association of dendriform ossification with normocalcemic hyperparathyroidismn in particular a patient with pulmonary ossifcation, subclinical primary hyperparathyroidism and diffuse calcifications.
Keywords: Hyperparathiroidism, calcification, Ossification, Pulmonary calcifications, CTscan
Received: 21 Apr 2025; Accepted: 04 Sep 2025.
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* Correspondence: Antonietta Coppola, Department of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Colli Hospital, Naples, 80131, Campania, Italy
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