1. Microlitiasi alveolare polmonare.
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Oliboni, Giancarlo, Bruno, Claudio, Giulianelli, Giacomo, and Nizzetto, Manuele
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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease characterized by the intra-alveolar accumulation of calcium phosphate crystals. Currently, mutations in the SLC34A2 gene, encoding a sodium-dependent protein responsible for the transportation of phosphate ions from the alveolar space into alveolar type II cells, are believed to be the leading cause. We present a case of a 76-years old male with history of cough and recurrent bronchitis, initially treated with bronchodilator inhalers. After a chest X-ray done for a left basal pneumonia, a reticulonodular interstitial pattern emerged. This has been later described by chest CTs as a possible alveolar lithiasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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