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Chest CT scan with diffuse ground glass opacities and punctate calcifications involving bilateral lungs.
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Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed diffuse ground glass opacities, punctate calcifications, and extensive subpleural cysts consistent with PAM (Figure 1).
Gross photograph of explanted lung with a gritty, sand-like texture.
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The cut surfaces were pink-red and spongy with a gritty, sand-like texture (Figure 2).
Hematoxylin- and eosin-stained sections with diffuse intra-alveolar deposition of lamellar spherical microliths, 40x.
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Hematoxylin- and eosin-stained sections revealed the characteristic diffuse intra-alveolar lamellar microliths (Figure 3).