Pulmonary-alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) as a rare diffential diagnosis of diffuse lung diseases diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy

H. Wurps, S. Griff, M. Knappik, N. Schönfeld, T. T. Bauer, T. Mairinger, W. Grüning (Berlin, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - The broad spectrum of diagnostic bronchoscopy
Session: The broad spectrum of diagnostic bronchoscopy
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3583
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
H. Wurps, S. Griff, M. Knappik, N. Schönfeld, T. T. Bauer, T. Mairinger, W. Grüning (Berlin, Germany). Pulmonary-alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) as a rare diffential diagnosis of diffuse lung diseases diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 3583

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Diffuse aspiration bronchiolitis diagnosed on transbronchial lung biopsy in a case of thymoma with dysphagia
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Respiratory manifestations of systemic disease: a holistic approach
Year: 2012

Diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary interstitial disease by transbronchial biopsy (TBb): our experience (322 cases)
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Sarcoidosis and profiles of other diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Year: 2009


Addition of EBUS-TBNA to bronchoscopic biopsies in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis
Source: International Congress 2015 – Endoscopic ultrasound: an essential tool for interventional pulmonology
Year: 2015

Transbronchial lung biopsy in the diagnosis of diffuse lung diseases
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 459s
Year: 2002

Should we perform surgical lung biopsy when transbronchial cryobiopsy provides unclassifiable interstitial pneumonitis in a patient with diffuse interstitial lung disease?
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Interventional pulmonology: unity in diversity
Year: 2020


Diagnostic value of transbronchial cryobiopsy compared to surgical lung biopsy
Source: International Congress 2015 – IIPs: orphan
Year: 2015

Predictors of pneumothorax after transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Bronchoscopy in the COVID - 19 era: cryobiopsy
Year: 2021


Is bronchoscopic lung biopsy helpful in the management of patients with diffuse lung disease?
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: 1081-1084
Year: 2006



A case of pulmonary hamartoma diagnosed by bronchoscopic biopsy as a part of etiologic study of bronchiectasis
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 437s
Year: 2002

Evaluation of lung biopsy techniques for diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - The basic and the future: pure diagnostic or dedicated wavelengths play
Year: 2011

Evaluation of lung biopsy techniques for diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 597s
Year: 2006

Is transbronchial lung biopsy using cryoprobes useful in the management of diffuse lung disease?
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Interventional procedures for diagnosis of diffuse lung diseases and peripheral pulmonary lesions
Year: 2013

Diagnostic management of solitary pulmonary nodule
Source: Eur Respir Mon; 2010: 48: 90–108
Year: 2010

Identification of the pathological pattern by transbronchial lung cryobiopsies in patients with fibrosing diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Year: 2012


Interstitial lung disease (ILD) or diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD)
Source: Respipedia Article
Year: 2018

Value of transbronchial lung biopsy in pulmonary infiltrates in patients with haematologic malignancies
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - News from diagnostic bronchoscopy
Year: 2008


Transbronchial cryobiopsy for the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) – The UK experience
Source: International Congress 2015 – IPF: clinical aspects
Year: 2015


Diagnostic value of video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy on diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung dissease
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Diffuse parenchymal lung disease III
Year: 2013


Transbronchial cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Source: International Congress 2016 – Transbronchial diagnostics: from ILD to pheripheral lesions
Year: 2016

Diagnosing idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: utility of surgical lung biopsy
Source: Eur Respir Mon; 2009: 46: 24–35
Year: 2009