Severe Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in a Young Adult

Am J Med. 2018 May;131(5):e199-e200. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.12.019. Epub 2018 Jan 4.

Authors

Alisha Kamboj¹, Michael Lause¹, Vijay Duggirala²

Affiliations

¹ The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.
² Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. Electronic address: vijay.duggirala@osumc.edu.

PMID: 29307537
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.12.019

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Autoantibodies / blood
Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis
Autoimmune Diseases / therapy
Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / immunology
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / etiology
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / therapy
Severity of Illness Index
Smoking / adverse effects
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Autoantibodies
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor