• Journal title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
• ISSN: 2075-051X (print) 2075-0528 (online)
• Publisher: Sultan Qaboos University
• Country of publisher: oman
• Date added to EuroPub: 2017/Sep/12

• LCC Subject Category: Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Medicine
• Publisher's keywords: Calcinosis; Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis; Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Misdiagnosis; Case Report; India
• Language of fulltext: english
• Full-text formats available: PDF

Alkesh Khurana, Rajesh Malik, Jitendra Sharma, Ujjawal Khurana, Abhishek Goyal

• Double blind peer review
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• Time From Submission to Publication: 7

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Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is an uncommon entity which can pose a diagnostic challenge. We report a 45-year-old female who was referred to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India, in 2017 with a two-year history of progressively worsening dyspnoea and dry coughing. She had been previously diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis elsewhere and prescribed antitubercular therapy; however, there was little improvement in her symptoms. Following referral, the patient was diagnosed with PAM based on high-resolution computed tomography fndings and the abundance of lamellar microliths in a bronchoalveolar lavage sample. She was subsequently managed symptomatically and enrolled in a rehabilitation programme.