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Volume 348:84-85 January 2, 2003 Number 1
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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis Revisited

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To the Editor: Barbolini et al. (July 4 issue)1 describe two cases of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in siblings, which they attribute to a genetic trait. The microliths are almost spherical and are concentrically laminated, calcified bodies with or without bone formation.

In 1956, a colleague and I described pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in two separate cases of mitral stenosis due to rheumatic heart disease.2 The microliths were uneven, bosselated structures with lamination and massive calcification (Figure 1 and Figure 2), unlike those shown by Barbolini et al., which are oval and laminated and resemble corpora amylacea. The microliths we . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis
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