title: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis.
abstract: This is a case report of 32 years old male, who presented in outdoor clinic of Pulmonology Department, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, with progressively increasing shortness of breath over 2 years, multiple episodes of dry cough over 9 months, history of low-grade fever for 15 days and haemoptysis for the last one day. He was diagnosed as a case of miliary tuberculosis on the basis of his chest X-ray findings and was on anti-tuberculosis treatment by the GP of the locality. Diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis was made on the basis of clinical features and laboratory findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. amersaleemmalik@gmail.com
authors.forename: Amer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.forename: Aneela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: Zafar Hussain
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002137:Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis