A nine and 13-year-old boy, previously diagnosed with 18q syndrome and an 11q deletion, respectively were diagnosed with testicular microlithiasis (TM). Both cases demonstrate that TM occurs in patients with various chromosomal abnormalities.

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare, inherited pulmonary disorder affecting young adults. Diagnosis and monitoring is important as it may progress to pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory failure. No effective treatment has been found to date.

conclusions we outlined its biliary drainage and blood supply, as well as our surgical approach, which may be a guide to surgeons who encounter hepatic choristomas in their clinical practice. introduction hepatic choristomas, defined as completely separated ectopic liver tissue, are rare. they are most commonly found adjacent to the gallbladder. details of their anatomy, such as blood supply an...

Case report from a 12-years old russian girl with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis. The diagnosis was confirmed by histologic examination from biopsy specimen of the lung. The differential diagnosis and the histomorphology are discussed.

BACKGROUND There are limited studies about testicular microlithiasis (TML) and background information such as health, lifestyle, and socioeconomic status. PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of TML in relation to socioeconomic status and ethnicity. MATERIAL AND METHODS From a database of scrotal ultrasound examinations in a single institution, all men who underwent routine ultrasound examinati...

torsion of the gallbladder with gangrene is a rare condition which is generally due to an abnormal anatomical variation of the organ i.e., loss of fixation of the organ to the inferior margin of the liver and the presence of a long meso cyst. the case considered is a seven year old boy who presented with acute abdominal pain. he underwent laparotomy 36 hours after having sustained blunt abdomin...

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare diffuse lung disease characterised by the accumulation of calcium phosphate microliths within the alveoli. The causative mechanism of PAM has only recently been discovered, and involves a gene mutation of sodium phosphate co-transporter, which is expressed by alveolar epithelial cells. This mutation may have variable consequences on the clinical...