Gayathri Devi H J, Mohan Rao K N, Prathima K M, Das Jayanth K
Department of Chest Diseases, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Lung India. 2011 Apr;28(2):139-41. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.80334.
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown cause. We report a case in a young boy who presented with history of failure to thrive and chest X-ray finding suggestive of miliary mottling. Open lung biopsy revealed pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis.
肺泡微石症是一种病因不明的罕见疾病。我们报告一例年轻男孩病例,该男孩有发育不良病史,胸部X线检查发现提示粟粒状斑点。开胸肺活检显示为肺泡微石症。