• Fa-Yue Zhang, Ai-Ling Jiang, and Tie-Quan Sui.
• Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Fifth Central Hospital, Binhai District, Tianjin 300450, China.
• J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2020 Jan 1; 30 (1): 90-93.

AbstractThis study aims to describe the clinical manifestations of diffuse pulmonary ossification, explore the diagnostic methods to reduce the misdiagnosis rate, and discuss its nursing treatment in the perioperative period. In The Fifth Central Hospital of Tianjin, one patient with diffuse pulmonary ossification, confirmed by surgical lung biopsy, was reported; and the clinical features and effective nursing methods are analysed. The patient was a 16-year teenager, who developed sudden convulsions without obvious cause with limited respiration. After the mental state was restored, the patient presented with chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough and expectoration. Hence, the subject was admitted in our hospital. Routine and imaging examinations failed to draw a definite diagnosis. Then, lung biopsy was performed, and a diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary ossification was made. Diffuse pulmonary ossification is very rare in clinical practice. The clinical manifestations are nonspecific, and imaging features are characterised by diffuse lung damages. Therefore, it is easily misdiagnosed as other interstitial lung diseases. Lung biopsy can be used to confirm this disease. Sequential acupoint stimulation by tapping the back can relieve cough and help patients recover quickly.

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