A Rare Case of Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis with Diffuse Lung Uptake on Bone Scintigraphy

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease characterized by accumulating intraalveolar small calcium phosphate stones. The disease is slow and does not show any signs in the early stages, but the shortness of breath, cough, and right heart failure may develop as it progresses. Methylene dip...

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Autores principales: Şen, Ahmet Eren, Şahin, Özlem, Aydın, Zeynep, Kaya, Buğra, Erol, Çağlagül
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9246308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35771040
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.80775
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Sumario:Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease characterized by accumulating intraalveolar small calcium phosphate stones. The disease is slow and does not show any signs in the early stages, but the shortness of breath, cough, and right heart failure may develop as it progresses. Methylene diphosphonate used in bone scintigraphy shows high uptake of calcium deposits in the alveoli and causes diffuse increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the lungs.

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