• Pediatric pulmonology · Jan 1996

    Case Reports

    Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in childhood: diagnosis by transbronchial biopsy.

    • C Wallis, B Whitehead, M Malone, and R Dinwiddie.
    • Respiratory Medicine Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.
    • Pediatr. Pulmonol. 1996 Jan 1; 21 (1): 62-4.

    AbstractA 7-year-old girl of Arabic origin by consanguineous parents presented with a miliary pattern on chest x-ray. Transbronchial lung biopsy revealed a histological diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, a condition rarely described in childhood. This report highlights the clinical and radiological features, documents the transbronchial lung biopsy as a useful diagnostic procedure, and suggests a possible genetic etiology with autosomal recessive inheritance.

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