Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease with unknown etiology and pathogenesis. It is characterized by diffuse, innumerable, and minute calculi, called microlithiasis in the alveoli. More than half of reported cases are asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis. We describe the first case of PAM in Korea. A 19-yr-old man without respiratory symptoms presented with interstitial thi...

With the development of techniques for percutaneous access and equipment to disintegrate calculi, percutaneous nephroscopic surgery is currently used by many urologists and is the procedure of choice for the removal of large renal calculi and the management of diverticula, intrarenal strictures, and urothelial cancer. Although it is more invasive than shock wave lithotripsy and retrograde urete...

Treatment of pediatric urolithiasis requires a thorough metabolic and urological evaluation on an individual basis. The objective of our case report was to determine the efficiency and the role of shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in the treatment of pediatric urolithiasis. In this case report we reported our own experience in the management of staghorn and calyceal stones in both kidneys with SWL. I...

aim : to evaluate the role of  endoscopic ultrasonography (eus) in the diagnosis of gallbladder microlithiasis, sludge, and stone  in patients with clinical suspicion of cholecystitis, but with normal transabdominal ultrasonography (tus) during six months follow-up after laparosopic cholecystectomy (lct). background : endosonography has been shown to be highly sensitive in the detection of chol...

Laparoscopic calyceal diverticulectomy Cristina Bonastre, Gabriel Briones Hospital Son Llàtzer, Department of Urology, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Calyceal diverticulum are cystic cavities within renal parenchyma lined by nonsecretory epithelium and communicating with the collecting system via a narrow channel. Usually they are asymptomatic and under one centimeter. The indications of surgical tre...

Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy occurred in a patient with proved pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, an association not previously reported. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is an uncommon disorder of unknown aetiology, characterised by microliths within the alveoli. Diagnosis is usually made from the radiographic appearance."2 Finger clubbing has been reported in pulmonary alveolar mi...

BACKGROUND Testicular adrenal rest tumors are a benign condition characterized by the presence of remnants of adrenal tissue within the testes that can lead to infertility. Testicular microlithiasis are calculus deposits within the seminiferous tubules. Both are described in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. OBJECTIVES Describe the frequency of testicular adrenal rest tumors and testicular micr...