ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A case report and review of the literature.
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- New insights in the genetic variant spectrum of SLC34A2 in pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis; a systematic review.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Differences in genetic characteristics between Chinese and non-Chinese patients with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis-case series and a systematic review.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseasePooled it
- Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A case report and brief review of literature.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2025Article
- Successful bilateral lung transplantation in pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A case report and review of literature.The clinical respiratory journal · 2024Review
- Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: a rare case report from Syria.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Losing vigilance in diagnosing pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A report on four cases.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2023Article
- Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in rheumatology · 2021Article
- Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: no longer in the stone age.ERJ open research · 2020Review
- Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis.Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020Review
- Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: A Case Report.Oman medical journal · 2020Article
- Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A report of two unique cases.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2020Article
- Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: An Isolated Case in a Hispanic Male.Case reports in pathology · 2020Article
- Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and interstitial pneumonitis: a case report of the west of Iran.BioMedicine · 2019Article
- Pulmonary Hypertension and Polycythemia Secondary to Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis Treated with Sequential Bilateral Lung Transplant: A Case Study and Literature Review.The American journal of case reports · 2019Review
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Abstract
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the formation of calcium phosphate microliths in the alveoli. Mutations in the gene encoding the solute carrier family 34 member 2 gene are considered to be involved in the pathogenesis of PAM. Although PAM can develop in children, the majority of patients with PAM are diagnosed in adulthood due to the slow progressive nature of the disease within the lungs. In childhood, the majority of patients with PAM are asymptomatic and changes in the lung parenchyma are usually identified incidentally. Symptoms of PAM typically appear in the third or fourth decade of life and there is often a notable dissociation between the advanced radiological findings and the mild clinical presentation. A positive diagnosis of PAM is reached by the combination of a positive chest radiograph and histological examination. Genetic testing may help to identify other latent patients in the family of the patient with PAM. In the present study, the cases of 3 patients diagnosed with PAM have been reported, including their clinical presentation, radio imaging, pathological symptoms, genetic test results and treatment plans, as well as the associated literature.
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