title: [Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis presenting with prolonged cough].
abstract: A 40-year-old man had been followed in the pulmonary clinic for prolonged cough. Chest X-ray showed bilateral diffuse interstitial infiltrates with accentuation toward the bases. CT-scan demonstrated a fine diffuse reticulonodular pattern. Transbronchial lung biopsy showed pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, a rare disease characterized by the presence of concentric calcifications within the pulmonary alveoli. This is the second case of the disease reported in Israel.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barshack
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krupsky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perelman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kopolovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed