Navarathne, "Biliary
microlithiasis, sludge, crystals, microcrystallization, and usefulness of assessment of nucleation time," Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International, vol.
Occupational lung diseases such as allergies, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and asbestosis have been previously reported among carpenters, but there has been no report on pulmonary alveolar
microlithiasis in carpenters.
This study aimed to determine the incidence of
microlithiasis and nephrolithiasis among infants in a city at North West of Iran.
Introduction: Pulmonary alveolar
microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare idiopathic disease with unknown etiology and pathogenesis.
Other causes of pulmonary calcification include prior infections (tuberculosis, fungal or varicella), silicosis, sarcoidosis, metastatic tumour, rheumatic mitral valve disease, alveolar
microlithiasis and idiopathic pulmonary ossification.
Is the desert lung syndrome (nonoccupational dust pneumoconiosis) a variant of pulmonary alveolar
microlithiasis? Report of 4 cases with review of the literature.
-- The classic form of testicular
microlithiasis is strongly associated with subsequent testicular malignancy, Diana Lam reported at the Western regional meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research.
"Follow up may be needed [for] patients with classic testicular
microlithiasis and other risk factors," said Ms.
Testicular
microlithiasis: prospective analysis of prevalence and associated tumor.
Dawson (consultant urologist, Edith Cavell Hospital, UK) and Muir (consultant urological surgeon, King's College Hospital, UK) present reviews of recent research in the field of urology to help settle questions on challenging issues such as circumcision, penile preserving strategies for penile carcinoma, testicular
microlithiasis, and surgery versus chemotherapy for high-risk NSGCT.