A Rare Case of Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare, inherited disease affecting males usually. We present a case of a 32-year-old male who had shortness of breath for two years. The chest x-ray showed fine micronodules in a sandstorm-like pattern distributed bilaterally throughout the lungs, and a high-res...

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Autores principales: Madhala, Divya, Govindarajan, Meera, Kulasekaran, Rajkumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9061221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35509742
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23769
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description Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare, inherited disease affecting males usually. We present a case of a 32-year-old male who had shortness of breath for two years. The chest x-ray showed fine micronodules in a sandstorm-like pattern distributed bilaterally throughout the lungs, and a high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) showed diffuse bilateral calcification of the lungs. Following this, a bronchoscopic biopsy was done to confirm the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-90612212022-05-03 A Rare Case of Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis Madhala, Divya Govindarajan, Meera Kulasekaran, Rajkumar Cureus Genetics Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare, inherited disease affecting males usually. We present a case of a 32-year-old male who had shortness of breath for two years. The chest x-ray showed fine micronodules in a sandstorm-like pattern distributed bilaterally throughout the lungs, and a high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) showed diffuse bilateral calcification of the lungs. Following this, a bronchoscopic biopsy was done to confirm the diagnosis. Cureus 2022-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9061221/ /pubmed/35509742 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23769 Text en Copyright © 2022, Madhala et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9061221/
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