Alveolar Microlithiasis in Clinical Practice: Case Report

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease characterized by the deposition of microliths in the alveoli due to mutations in the SLC34A2 gene. The diagnosis is made more frequently between the second and fourth decade of life incidentally in chest images, it has a progressive course, with clinicalradiological dissociation, with no known effective treatment except for lung transplantation.