Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis

• Autor(es): Rodrigues, H ; Belo-Oliveira, P ; Donato, P ; Caseiro-Alves, F
• Data: 2005
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/57
• Origem: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Assunto(s): Radiografia; Doenças do Pulmão; Litíase
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Routine chest x-ray of an asymptomatic patient disclosed an interstitial bilateral micronodular pattern. HRCT showed a diffuse micronodular pattern, randomly distributed in the lung parenchyma, associated with thickening of the subpleural and mediastinal interlobular septa. Individual nodules had spontaneous high density. CT-guided lung biopsy was performed, pathologist disclosed intraalveolar microliths.