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Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in childhood: Diagnosis by transbronchial biopsy
Author(s) -
Wallis Colin,
Whitehead Bruce,
Malone Marian,
Dinwiddie Robert
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199601)21:1<62::aid-ppul11>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , biopsy , pathology , lung , lung biopsy , respiratory disease , radiology
A 7‐year‐old girl of Arabic origin by consanguineous parents presented with a miliary pattern on chest x‐ray. Transbronchial lung biopsy revealed a histological diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, a condition rarely described in childhood. This report highlights the clinical and radiological features, documents the transbronchial lung biopsy as a useful diagnostic procedure, and suggests a possible genetic etiology with autosomal recessive inheritance. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1996; 21:62–64. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.