Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with an unusual radiological pattern.
We present a case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with an unusual radiological pattern in an an otherwise asymptomatic young woman. It was characterized by a reticulonodular pattern predominantly in the lower lung fields with Kerley B lines. The diagnosis was made by transbronchial lung biopsy. We found an otherwise asymptomatic brother with the same radiological pattern.
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography