PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alia S. Al-Alawi
TI  - Familial occurrence of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in 3 siblings
DP  - 2006 Feb 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 238--240
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/2/238.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/2/238.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2006 Feb 01; 27
AB  - Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by intra-alveolar calcium deposits. More than 500 cases were reported in the literature. The disorder affects people at every age beginning from the early childhood. It occurs probably as a result of autosomal recessive transmission. Familial occurrence is often found with family history of the disease being present in up to 50% of the reported cases. We report PAM in 3 siblings.