Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: often misdiagnosed in children

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jul 16;12(7):e230776. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230776.

Authors

Prawin Kumar¹, Sureka Binit¹, Jagdish Prasad Goyal¹

Affiliation

¹ Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: genetics; interstitial lung disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Calcinosis / genetics
Calcinosis / pathology*
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors / statistics & numerical data
Female
Genetic Diseases, Inborn / diagnostic imaging*
Genetic Diseases, Inborn / genetics
Genetic Diseases, Inborn / pathology*
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Diseases / genetics
Lung Diseases / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Tuberculosis, Miliary / diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Miliary / drug therapy

Substances

Antitubercular Agents

Supplementary concepts

Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis