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To the Editor: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown pathogenesis, characterized by widespread laminated calcispherites in alveolar spaces in the absence of any known disorder of calcium metabolism.¹ It usually occurs in a sporadic form, but an autosomal recessive form has been described, especially in patients from the Mediterranean countries.^2,3,4,5 We report on two initially asymptomatic, nonsmoking siblings: a 38-year-old woman and her 41-year-old brother, both of whom were given a diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis. In both patients, chest x-ray films and a computed tomographic scan (Figure 1) showed diffusely scattered, bilateral, micronodular areas . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis Revisited
Yesner R., Barbolini G., Rossi G.
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N Engl J Med 2003; 348:84-85, Jan 2, 2003. Correspondence

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