PULMONARY ALVEOLAR MICROLITHIASIS IN 2 SI BLINGS

The study of two brothers with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (MLA) a rare lung alteration with autosomic recessive character is presente d. In one case the lung biopsy made the diagnosis by the identificatio n of multiple calcospherites. The importance of the familiar study is stressed, as a sister with the same radiographic image was discovered this way. The literature is revised and the main data of MLA are prese nted; the radiologic images and histopathologic findings are commented .