Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

Abstract

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown cause. We report a case in a young boy who presented with history of failure to thrive and chest X-ray finding suggestive of miliary mottling. Open lung biopsy revealed pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis.

Keywords

• Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
• misdiagnosis
• miliary tuberculosis
• biopsy