Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis

• Author(s): Rodrigues, H ; Belo-Oliveira, P ; Donato, P ; Caseiro-Alves, F
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/57
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Radiografia; Doenças do Pulmão; Litíase
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

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.