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| Micro      = "dense bodies" or "chatter" (represent dead macrophages) within acellular eosinophilic material that is in the alveoli
| Micro      = "dense bodies" or "chatter" (represent dead macrophages) within acellular eosinophilic material that is in the alveoli
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[pulmonary edema]], [[pneumocystis pneumonia]], [[pulmonary hemorrhage]] (acute)
| LMDDx      = [[pulmonary edema]], [[pneumocystis pneumonia]], [[pulmonary hemorrhage]] (acute), mycobacterial infection, Nocardia infection
| Stains    = PAS +ve
| Stains    = PAS +ve, PASD +ve
| IHC        = surfactant +ve
| IHC        = surfactant +ve
| EM        = lamellar bodies
| EM        = lamellar bodies
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| Prevalence = uncommon
| Prevalence = uncommon
| Bloodwork  = anti-GM-CSF antibodies, LDH elevated
| Bloodwork  = anti-GM-CSF antibodies, LDH elevated
| Rads      = airspace disease, "crazy paving"
| Rads      = airspace disease, "[[crazy paving]]"
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = benign
| Prognosis  = benign
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Classification:<ref name=pmid14695413/>
Classification:<ref name=pmid14695413/>
#Congenital:
#Congenital:
#**Abnormal surfactant.
#*Abnormal surfactant.
#**GM-CSF receptor defect.
#*GM-CSF receptor defect.
#Secondary:  
#Secondary:  
#*Infections.
#*Infections.
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Clinical:
Clinical:
*Dyspnea & cough - gradual onset.
*[[Dyspnea]] & cough - gradual onset.
*Anti-GM-CSF antibodies - usually.<ref name=pmid16517574>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lin | first1 = FC. | last2 = Chang | first2 = GD. | last3 = Chern | first3 = MS. | last4 = Chen | first4 = YC. | last5 = Chang | first5 = SC. | title = Clinical significance of anti-GM-CSF antibodies in idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. | journal = Thorax | volume = 61 | issue = 6 | pages = 528-34 | month = Jun | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1136/thx.2005.054171 | PMID = 16517574 }}</ref>
*Anti-GM-CSF antibodies - usually.<ref name=pmid16517574>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lin | first1 = FC. | last2 = Chang | first2 = GD. | last3 = Chern | first3 = MS. | last4 = Chen | first4 = YC. | last5 = Chang | first5 = SC. | title = Clinical significance of anti-GM-CSF antibodies in idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. | journal = Thorax | volume = 61 | issue = 6 | pages = 528-34 | month = Jun | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1136/thx.2005.054171 | PMID = 16517574 }}</ref>
*Serum LDH elevated.<ref name=pmid16517574/><ref name=pmid24532945>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bhattacharyya | first1 = D. | last2 = Barthwal | first2 = MS. | last3 = Katoch | first3 = CD. | last4 = Rohatgi | first4 = MG. | last5 = Hasnain | first5 = S. | last6 = Rai | first6 = SP. | last7 = Arora | first7 = A. | title = Primary alveolar proteinosis - A report of two cases. | journal = Med J Armed Forces India | volume = 69 | issue = 1 | pages = 90-3 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.016 | PMID = 24532945 }}</ref>
*Serum LDH elevated.<ref name=pmid16517574/><ref name=pmid24532945>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bhattacharyya | first1 = D. | last2 = Barthwal | first2 = MS. | last3 = Katoch | first3 = CD. | last4 = Rohatgi | first4 = MG. | last5 = Hasnain | first5 = S. | last6 = Rai | first6 = SP. | last7 = Arora | first7 = A. | title = Primary alveolar proteinosis - A report of two cases. | journal = Med J Armed Forces India | volume = 69 | issue = 1 | pages = 90-3 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.016 | PMID = 24532945 }}</ref>
*Decreased oxygen saturation.
*Decreased oxygen saturation.
==Gross==
[[File:Crazy paving pattern on chest CT scan.jpg|thumb|Chest CT showing [[crazy paving]] pattern. (WC/Verma)]]
*Consolidation.
<gallery>
Image:Alveolar proteinosis (5397198260).jpg | PAP. (WC/Rosen)
</gallery>


===Radiology===
===Radiology===
*CXR: airspace disease.
*CXR: airspace disease.
*HRCT: "crazy paving" - see: [http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/figsonly/23/6/1509 http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/figsonly/23/6/1509].
*HRCT: "[[crazy paving]]".


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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*[[Pneumocystis pneumonia]] - exudates foamy & vacuolated.
*[[Pneumocystis pneumonia]] - exudates foamy & vacuolated.
*Pulmonary hemorrhage (acute). (???)
*Pulmonary hemorrhage (acute). (???)
*Mycobacterial infection.
*Nocardia infection.


===Images===
===Images===
www:
*[http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/content/62/5/387/F23.large.jpg PAP (bmjjournals.com)].<ref name=pmid19398592>{{cite journal |author=Leslie KO |title=My approach to interstitial lung disease using clinical, radiological and histopathological patterns |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=62 |issue=5 |pages=387–401 |year=2009 |month=May |pmid=19398592 |pmc=2668105 |doi=10.1136/jcp.2008.059782 |url=}}</ref>
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Pulmonary_alveolar_proteinosis_-3-_low_mag.jpg | PAP - low mag. (WC)
Image:Pulmonary_alveolar_proteinosis_-3-_low_mag.jpg | PAP - low mag. (WC)
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Image:Pulmonary_alveolar_proteinosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | PAP - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Pulmonary_alveolar_proteinosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | PAP - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
</gallery>
Images of DDx:
<gallery>
Image:Alveolar proteinosis (5396599841).jpg | PAP (WC/Rosen)
Image:Alveolar proteinosis (5397198452).jpg | PAP (WC/Rosen)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/content/62/5/387/F23.large.jpg PAP (bmjjournals.com)].<ref name=pmid19398592>{{cite journal |author=Leslie KO |title=My approach to interstitial lung disease using clinical, radiological and histopathological patterns |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=62 |issue=5 |pages=387–401 |year=2009 |month=May |pmid=19398592 |pmc=2668105 |doi=10.1136/jcp.2008.059782 |url=}}</ref>
 
Images of DDx (pulmonary edema):
*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/98443/enlarge Pulmonary edema (sciencephoto.com)].
*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/98443/enlarge Pulmonary edema (sciencephoto.com)].


==Stains==
==Stains==
*PAS +ve -- material in airspace (surfactant).<ref name=pmid24424195>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ben-Dov | first1 = I. | last2 = Segel | first2 = MJ. | title = Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: Clinical course and diagnostic criteria. | journal = Autoimmun Rev | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.046 | PMID = 24424195 }}</ref>
*[[PAS stain|PAS]] +ve -- material in airspace (surfactant).<ref name=pmid24424195>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ben-Dov | first1 = I. | last2 = Segel | first2 = MJ. | title = Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: Clinical course and diagnostic criteria. | journal = Autoimmun Rev | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.046 | PMID = 24424195 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mikami | first1 = T. | last2 = Yamamoto | first2 = Y. | last3 = Yokoyama | first3 = M. | last4 = Okayasu | first4 = I. | title = Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: diagnosis using routinely processed smears of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 50 | issue = 12 | pages = 981-4 | month = Dec | year = 1997 | doi =  | PMID = 9516877 }}</ref>
*[[PASD stain|PASD]] +ve<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Maygarden | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Iacocca | first2 = MV. | last3 = Funkhouser | first3 = WK. | last4 = Novotny | first4 = DB. | title = Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a spectrum of cytologic, histochemical, and ultrastructural findings in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 24 | issue = 6 | pages = 389-95 | month = Jun | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11391819 }}</ref> (red<ref name=pmid16468308>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Meng | first1 = ZL. | last2 = Liu | first2 = HR. | last3 = Liang | first3 = ZY. | last4 = Zhang | first4 = SY. | title = [Pathologic feature and diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis]. | journal = Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi | volume = 34 | issue = 9 | pages = 575-8 | month = Sep | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 16468308 }}</ref>).
**[[Pulmonary edema]] fluid -ve.<ref>URL: [http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/overview/fungi1a.html http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/overview/fungi1a.html]. Accessed on: 3 March 2014.</ref>
**Occasionally, PAP may be PASD -ve.<ref>Hwang DM. April 1, 2014.</ref>


==IHC==
==IHC==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/overview/fungi1a.html DDx of pink staining on lung (ucsf.edu)].


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Medical lung diseases]]
[[Category:Medical lung diseases]]
==External links==
*[http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/overview/fungi1a.html DDx of pink staining on lung (ucsf.edu)].
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