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alveolar microlithiasis

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alveolar microlithiasis,
a disease characterized by the presence of calcium phosphate deposits in the alveoli and other parts of the bronchopulmonary system. The fine, sandlike deposits may cause the entire lung to appear radiopaque. The disease is familial in about half of cases.


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Other causes of pulmonary calcification include prior infections (tuberculosis, fungal or varicella), silicosis, sarcoidosis, metastatic tumour, rheumatic mitral valve disease, alveolar microlithiasis and idiopathic pulmonary ossification.
In addition, rare distinctive lesions such as pulmonary LCH, LAM, and alveolar microlithiasis are amenable to sampling by TBB.
 
 
 
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