ABSTRACT
A case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis presenting with uncharacteristic radiological features who was diagnosed on the basis of sputum examination and confirmed by transbronchial biopsy, is being reported. Azoospermia resulting in primary infertility and increased lung volumes by helium dilution test were other noteworthy features of the case.
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Adult , Biopsy, Needle , Bronchoscopy , Calculi/diagnosis , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Lung Diseases/diagnosis , Male , Oligospermia/diagnosis , Pulmonary Alveoli/pathology , Sputum/cytologyABSTRACT
Two cases of papillary carcinoma of thyroid with clinically unsuspected Hashimoto's thyroiditis were diagnosed on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in females aged 22 yrs, and 57 yrs., who presented with a solitary thyroid nodule. The frequency of carcinoma in Hashimoto's thyroiditis varies between 0.5 to 23.7%, depending on the stringency of diagnostic criteria applied. We believe that this possibility must be kept in mind when ever an aspirate of a solitary nodule shows profuse lymphocytes and Hurthle cells.