Author: Luisetti Maurizio Bruno Pierdonato Kadija Zamir Suzuki Takuji Raffa Salvatore Torrisi Maria Rosaria Campo Ilaria Mariani Francesca Pozzi Ernesto Trapnell Bruce C Mariotta Salvatore
Publisher: The Journal Respiratory Care Company
ISSN: 0020-1324
Source: Respiratory Care, Vol.56, Iss.10, 2011-10, pp. : 1608-1610
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Abstract
Extensive pulmonary fibrosis is a rare occurrence in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. We report 2 cases that have interesting implications. A female patient was diagnosed with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis that evolved over 7 years into diffuse fibrosis. In a male patient with diffuse fibrosis we incidentally detected electron microscopic features of alveolar surfactant accumulation and positive autoantibodies to granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. In the male patient we speculated that the pulmonary fibrosis might have been preceded by an asymptomatic phase of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and that we should investigate the involvement of surfactant dysfunction in the pathogenesis of fibrotic lung disease.
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