“Sandstorm” image: bone scintigraphy in pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
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Bone scintigraphy in pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis.
Haemogram parameters and serum biochemistry, including calcium, phosphorous and alkaline phosphatase levels were within normal limits. The chest radiograph (Figure 1) showed bilateral middlezone and lower-zone dense reticulonodular opacities. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest (Figures 2 and 3) showed bilateral intra-lobular interstitial and septal thickening with a perivas...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1619-7070,1619-7089
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1137-6