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Volume: 5 | Issue: 11 | Published: Dec 07, 2021 | Pages: 305 - 309 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature

Authors: Aysegul Ozel , Sibel Atag , Murat Muhcu

Article Info

Authors

Aysegul Ozel

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Sibel Atag

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Murat Muhcu

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Publication History

Received: November 23, 2020

Revised: October 15, 2021

Accepted: October 22, 2021

Published: December 07, 2021

Abstract

Background: Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is an inherited lung disease in which calcium phosphate deposits (chalcosphere) build up in the distal alveoli. There is no medical treatment for PAM, for patients with end-stage disease, lung transplantation is an option. Due to PAM is a rare condition with less than 1 per million prevalence, it becomes an exceptional case during pregnancy. We reported a pregnant PAM case and reviewed with other six cases in the literature to date. Case Presentation: A 21-year-old nulliparous pregnant woman with PAM presented in this report. The patients obstetric and respiratory functions follow-up were unremarkable until 35 weeks of her gestation. Because of the patient had shortness of breath at 35 weeks of gestation, she was evaluated and hospitalized. She delivered by cesarean section at 38th gestational week. Conclusion: It is still unknown that pregnancy how affect the women with PAM because the disease is rare. We reported a pregnant PAM case and reviewed with other six cases in the literature to date.

Keywords: Calsinosis, lung disease, microliths and micronodular opacities, pregnancy, pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis, perinatal outcome, green

Pubmed Style

Aysegul Ozel, Sibel Atag, Murat Muhcu. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature. EJMCR. 2021; 07 (December 2021): 305-309. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969

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Aysegul Ozel, Sibel Atag, Murat Muhcu. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1284 [Access: December 25, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969

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Aysegul Ozel, Sibel Atag, Murat Muhcu. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature. EJMCR. (2021), [cited December 25, 2024]; 07 (December 2021): 305-309. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969

Harvard Style

Aysegul Ozel, Sibel Atag, Murat Muhcu (2021) Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature. EJMCR, 07 (December 2021): 305-309. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969

Chicago Style

Aysegul Ozel, Sibel Atag, Murat Muhcu. "Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature." 07 (2021), 305-309. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Aysegul Ozel, Sibel Atag, Murat Muhcu. "Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature." 07.December 2021 (2021), 305-309. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969

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Aysegul Ozel, Sibel Atag, Murat Muhcu (2021) Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and pregnancy: a case report and review of the other six cases in the literature. , 07 (December 2021), 305-309. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605969969