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We present a case with diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis that illustrates the appearance of this rare chronic lung disease on conventional chest X-ray, high-resolution CT, and transbronchial lung biopsy. This is the first case reported which developed pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis after Varicella zoster infection in a patient with antiphospholipid antibodies and discoid lupus.
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Yilmaz, I.M., Koc, B., Kantarcioglu, M. et al. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis after Varicella zoster infection in a patient presenting with antiphospholipid syndrome and discoid lupus. Rheumatol Int 22, 213–215 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-002-0209-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-002-0209-8