Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis after Varicella zoster infection in a patient presenting with antiphospholipid syndrome and discoid lupus

• Published in: Rheumatology international Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 213 - 215
• Main Authors: YILMAZ, M. Ilker, KOC, Bayram, KANTARCIOGLU, Murat, AKINCI, Seda B, AYTA, Hasan, BULUCU, Fatih, BAL, Senol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 01-09-2002; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Administration, Inhalation; Antiphospholipid Syndrome - complications; Antiphospholipid Syndrome - diagnosis; Autoimmune diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Budesonide - administration & dosage; Chicken pox; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Herpes Zoster - complications; Herpes Zoster - diagnosis; Humans; Lithiasis - diagnosis; Lithiasis - drug therapy; Lithiasis - etiology; Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases - drug therapy; Lung Diseases - etiology; Lung Diseases - physiopathology; Lupus; Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid - complications; Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid - diagnosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pneumology; Pulmonary Alveoli - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Alveoli - physiopathology; Radiography, Thoracic; Rare Diseases; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Risk Assessment; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Microlithiasis; Skin disease; Alphaherpesvirinae; Cardiovascular disease; Autoimmune disease; Hemopathy; Vascular disease; Association; Systemic disease; Adult; Complication; Lupus erythematosus; Diagnosis; Human; Varicella zoster virus; Immunopathology; Lung disease; Connective tissue disease; Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; Respiratory disease; Herpesviridae; Clinical form; Virus; Case study; Infection; Chronic; Platelet; Treatment; Pulmonary alveolus; Viral disease; Calcification; Medical imagery
• ISSN: 0172-8172; 1437-160X
• DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0209-8

We present a case with diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis that illustrates the appearance of this rare chronic lung disease on conventional chest X-ray, high-resolution CT, and transbronchial lung biopsy. This is the first case reported which developed pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis after Varicella zoster infection in a patient with antiphospholipid antibodies and discoid lupus.