Microlithiasis alveolaris pulmonum

Autor: H. Gubbawy
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Pneumologie. 55:149-151
ISSN: 1438-8790
0934-8387
Popis: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology, in which calcium phosphate microliths are deposited bilaterally throughout the lung parenchyma. The total number of reported cases is about 400. A case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is presented in a 50-year old man for whom the diagnosis was confirmed by histology via transbronchial biopsy. During a 4-year observation period there was no increase of the disease according to x-ray investigations and with respect to clinical symptoms.
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