Abstract
Dendriform pulmonary ossification in coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia.
Highlights
A 54-year-old man presented with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) positivity after experiencing flu-like symptoms
His condition progressed to acute respiratory failure, and he was placed on mechanical ventilation
Diffuse pulmonary ossification is a rare chronic process characterized by the formation of small mature bone fragments in the pulmonary parenchyma
Summary
A 54-year-old man presented with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) positivity after experiencing flu-like symptoms. Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. His condition progressed to acute respiratory failure, and he was placed on mechanical ventilation. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed bilateral ground-glass opacities with mild reticulation (Figure 1A).
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