Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a common type of interstitial lung disease that results in scarring of lung tissue. Fibrosis of lungs results in coughing and shortness of breath, two characteristic features of the disease. Symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are nonspecific, with dyspnea and non-productive…[1]
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a severe form of infection and inflammation of the lungs that primarily affects immunodeficient individuals. Its causative agent pertains to the genus Pneumocystis. The clinical picture presented by PP patients may be dominated by symptoms associated with pneumonia, other…[2]
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare, inherited disorder of lung phosphate balance that is associated with small stone formation in the airspaces of the lung. Mutations in the gene SLC34A2 result in loss of a key sodium, phosphate co-transporter (called Npt2b), known to be expressed in distal airway…[3]