Abstract
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a disease of unknown etiology. The disorder affects people at every age beginning from the early childhood. It usually occurs in a sporadic form, but an autosomal recessive form has been described, especially in patients from the Mediterranean countries. Our cases were in one family. A 44 years old man and his younger(35 years old) sister. Both of them complaint of dyspnea, bluish discolouration of face and extremities (acrocyanosis), clubbing, and coughing We evaluate both of them. These are findings in the male patient, and his sister had very similar findings. CXR and CT scan findings imply that we had 2 case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v14i1.14583 J MEDICINE 2013; 14 : 80-82
Highlights
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a disease of unknown etiology
The disorder affects people at every age beginning from the early childhood
Familial occurrence is often found with family history of the disease being present in up to 50% of the reported cases.1There are few cases which all were between 30 to 60 years old.[2]
Summary
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a disease of unknown etiology. The disorder affects people at every age beginning from the early childhood. CXR and CT scan findings imply that we had 2 case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM). Introduction Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a disease of unknown etiology.
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