PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - uddin, Syed Fasih
AU  - Alawi, Malak H.
AU  - Abdulshakoor, Bothaina M.
TI  - Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
DP  - 2004 May 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 663--666
VI  - 25
IP  - 5
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/5/663.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/5/663.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2004 May 01; 25
AB  - We report a patient with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis who was admitted to King Abdul-Aziz Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with chest pain, shortness of breath, dry cough and swelling of lower limbs. The patient underwent chest radiographs and CT scan showing multiple diffuse, almost symmetrical bilateral micronodular opacities of calcific density. The diagnosis was confirmed after percutaneous lung biopsy from the patient. Cardiokinetics, diuretics and oxygen were administered with slight improvement.