Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with the absence of technetium-99m MDP uptake of lungs.
The authors report a patient with alveolar microlithiasis who was treated for miliary tuberculosis eight years earlier and whose Tc-99m MDP scan revealed absent lung uptake. Diagnosis was established by bronchoalveolar lavage. Both the roentgenogram and computed tomography of the chest confirmed alveolar microlithiasis.
Turktas
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Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thorasic Surgery Center, Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozturk
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Guven
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Ugur
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Erzen
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D000328:Adult; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D002137:Calculi / Q000032:analysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate