[Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (disease in 2 siblings--case report)].
This article presents case reports on brother and sister suffering from microlithiasis alveolaris pulmonum. Diagnosis was established by means of the course of the disease, the relatively typical x-ray film and the findings on performing scintigraphy of the skeleton and also by computed tomography. Findings confirmed that the course of the disease is symptom-free for a long time; that it occurs in both sexes; and that it becomes manifest with considerable incidence in some families. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is not a generalised metabolic disease, since it affects the lungs only. If the aetiology remains unclear, no causal treatment can be effected.
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Microlithiasis alveolaris pulmonum (Erkrankung bei zwei Geschwistern--Kasuistik).