Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis “Stone Lungs”: A Case of Clinico-Radiological Dissociation

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare infiltrative lung disease characterized by deposition of spherical calcium phosphate microliths called calcospherites within the alveoli. PAM was first described by Friedrich in 1856 and then by Harbitz in 1918. The disease pathogenesis is based on m...

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Autores principales: Chu, Andrew, Shaharyar, Sameer, Chokshi, Binna, Bhardwaj, Nikhil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5037061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688986
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.749

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5037061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688986
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.749

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