Alveolar Microlithiasis in Clinical Practice: Case Report

Authors

  • Luis Eduardo Ramírez Bejarano School of Medicine, Clinical Pulmonology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. Author
  • Juan Pablo Camargo Pulmonology Service, National Police Central Hospital, O&C Médicos IPS, Bogotá, Colombia Author
  • Margarita Baldion Pathology Service, Santa Fe Foundation. Bogotá, Colombia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JPRR/2024(6)183

Keywords:

Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis, Microliths, Calcinosis, Computed Tomography, Lung transplant

Abstract

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease characterized by the deposition of microliths in the alveoli due to mutations in the SLC34A2 gene. The diagnosis is made more frequently between the second and fourth decade of life incidentally in chest images, it has a progressive course, with clinicalradiological dissociation, with no known effective treatment except for lung transplantation.

The case of a 37-year-old man with no personal history of exertional dyspnea is presented. Assessed by pulmonology with HRCT, which shows subpleural nodules and micronodules with diffuse pulmonary hyperdensity due to calcification, a pattern that suggests alveolar microlithiasis confirmed by histopathological study.

Author Biographies

  • Luis Eduardo Ramírez Bejarano, School of Medicine, Clinical Pulmonology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

    Luis Eduardo Ramírez, School of Medicine, Clinical Pulmonology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

  • Juan Pablo Camargo, Pulmonology Service, National Police Central Hospital, O&C Médicos IPS, Bogotá, Colombia


    Pulmonology Service, National Police Central Hospital, O&C Médicos IPS, Bogotá, Colombia

  • Margarita Baldion, Pathology Service, Santa Fe Foundation. Bogotá, Colombia

    Pathology Service, Santa Fe Foundation. Bogotá, Colombia

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Published

2024-09-17

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 9 (2024): Volume 6 Issue 9

Section

Articles