Open AccessPulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with calcified pleural plaques
Author(s) -
Balbir Malhotra,
Raghu Sabharwal,
Mandeep Singh,
Amandeep Singh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.71967
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary fibrosis , pathology , lung , pulmonary disease , interstitial lung disease , lung biopsy , biopsy , lung disease , radiology , fibrosis
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease. Herein we report a case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis who was suspected to have the disease on chest X-ray and was confirmed on high resolution CT and transbronchial lung biopsy. These investigations showed characteristic features of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.