{"title":"Severe pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis","authors":"F. Gabrysz-Forget, C. Poirier","doi":"10.1080/24745332.2023.2184431","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This case presents a patient with severe pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, a rare genetic condition affecting the sodium-dependent co-transporter of the type II pneumocytes. As the disease progress, calcium-phosphate microlithiases accumulate within the alveoli. This leads to a severe diffuse interstitial disease with classic sand-like calcifications on chest radiography. Lung transplantation remains the only cure.","PeriodicalId":9471,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine","volume":"53 1","pages":"119 - 120"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24745332.2023.2184431","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"RESPIRATORY SYSTEM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract This case presents a patient with severe pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, a rare genetic condition affecting the sodium-dependent co-transporter of the type II pneumocytes. As the disease progress, calcium-phosphate microlithiases accumulate within the alveoli. This leads to a severe diffuse interstitial disease with classic sand-like calcifications on chest radiography. Lung transplantation remains the only cure.