title: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with the absence of technetium-99m MDP uptake of lungs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk Chest Diseases and Thorasic Surgery Center, Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turktas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guven
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erzen
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate