Radioisotope bone scanning in pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

Clin Nucl Med. 2000 Jun;25(6):474-5. doi: 10.1097/00003072-200006000-00019.

Abstract

A 30-year-old woman was examined for a history of exertional breathlessness, swelling of her feet, and a mild dry cough of 4 to 5 months' duration. Her symptoms developed during the last month of her pregnancy, with gradually increasing dyspnea, swelling of the feet, and reduced urinary output. There was no history of expectoration, hemoptysis, chest pain, or tuberculosis. General physical examination showed no evidence of clubbing of the nails or lymphadenopathy. Chest auscultation revealed a few end-inspiratory crepitations at both lung bases. Bronchial alveolar lavage showed calcium particles, whereas results of the transbronchial lung biopsy were consistent with alveolar microlithiasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Auscultation
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / chemistry
  • Calcium / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lithiasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Calcium
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate