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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 41-43 |
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Abnormal chest skiagram in a normal individual a case report on orphan lung disease – Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
D Suresh Kumar, K Gokul
Department of Chest Medicine, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
K Gokul
Room No: 5, Sai Apartments, Balagi Nagar, Enathur, Kanchipuram 631552, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/japt.japt_3_22
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Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare inherited disorder of sodium phosphate cotransporter which causes accumulation of microliths in alveoli. This is a case report of a 46-year-old female, came for surgical fitness for laparoscopic cholecystectomy with abnormal chest skiagram. Chest skiagram showed typical sand storm appearance. Since the patient had no respiratory complaints, high-resolution computed tomography chest was taken which showed diffuse micronodular calcifications suggestive of PAM.
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