[Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis].
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology, in which calcium phosphate microliths are deposited bilaterally throughout the lung parenchyma. The total number of reported cases is about 400. A case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is presented in a 50-year old man for whom the diagnosis was confirmed by histology via transbronchial biopsy. During a 4-year observation period there was no increase of the disease according to x-ray investigations and with respect to clinical symptoms.
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D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology*