Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown cause. We report a case in a young boy who presented with history of failure to thrive and chest X-ray finding suggestive of miliary mottling. Open lung biopsy revealed pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis.

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Autores principales: Gayathri Devi, H. J., Mohan Rao, K. N., Prathima, K. M., Das, Jayanth K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21712928
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.80334
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author Gayathri Devi, H. J.
Mohan Rao, K. N.
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Das, Jayanth K.
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spelling pubmed-31098402011-06-27 Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis Gayathri Devi, H. J. Mohan Rao, K. N. Prathima, K. M. Das, Jayanth K. Lung India Case Report Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown cause. We report a case in a young boy who presented with history of failure to thrive and chest X-ray finding suggestive of miliary mottling. Open lung biopsy revealed pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3109840/ /pubmed/21712928 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.80334 Text en © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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