Open AccessDisseminated Nodular Pulmonary Ossification in Patients with Mitral Stenosis
Author(s) -
William R. Wilson,
Rikuro Sasaki,
Charles A. Johnson
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.19.3.323
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , ossification , pathogenesis , cardiology , pathology , surgery
What seem to be rare complications of common diseases may merely be uncommon because no one accumulates a large number. The unusual combination of disseminated nodular bone formation in the lungs and chronic mitral stenosis is more common in young men. The clinical findings in 4 cases are described and the pathogenesis is discussed.
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