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A Rare Case of Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis with Diffuse Lung Uptake on Bone Scintigraphy

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.80775

• Ahmet Eren Şen
• Özlem Şahin
• Zeynep Aydın
• Buğra Kaya
• Çağlagül Erol

Received Date: 11.12.2020 Accepted Date: 31.01.2021 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022;31(2):151-153 PMID: 35771040

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Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease characterized by accumulating intraalveolar small calcium phosphate stones. The disease is slow and does not show any signs in the early stages, but the shortness of breath, cough, and right heart failure may develop as it progresses. Methylene diphosphonate used in bone scintigraphy shows high uptake of calcium deposits in the alveoli and causes diffuse increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the lungs.

Keywords: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, MDP, bone scintigraphy

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Informed Consent: Written informed consent was obtained.

Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.

Authorship Contributions

Surgical and Medical Practices: A.E.Ş., Z.A., Concept: Ö.Ş., Design: Ö.Ş., B.K., Data Collection or Processing: A.E.Ş., Ç.E., Analysis or Interpretation: Ö.Ş., B.K., Literature Search: A.E.Ş., Z.A., Ç.E., Writing: A.E.Ş., Ö.Ş., B.K.

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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