title: [Alveolar microlithiasis. A study of minerals in the lung].
abstract: A pulmonary scintigraph of pyrophosphate was performed to assess calcium metabolism in a man of 39 with alveolar microlithiasis, as was histologic study with a mineral analysis of wave-length dispersion and an analysis crossing the microliths enclosed in the resin. Two treatments were tried without success: First with diphosphonates and then alveolar lavage.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002137:Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates
vernacular_title: Microlithiase alvéolaire. Etude minéralogique du poumon.