Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in childhood: Diagnosis by transbronchial biopsy
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Pulmonology
Abstract
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.Keywords
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