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==Stains==
==Stains==
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*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>
==IHC==
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==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 18:41, 26 February 2014

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, abbreviated PAP, in an uncommon medical lung disease.

General

  • Associated with smoking - particularily in men.[1]

Pathophysiology:

  • GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor) signaling in macrophages/lack of GM-CSF.
    • GM-CSF is required by alveolar macrophages to clear surfactant.

Classification:[1]

  1. Congenital:
      • Abnormal surfactant.
      • GM-CSF receptor defect.
  2. Secondary:
    • Infections.
    • Haematologic malignancy.
  3. Acquired:
    • Dusts - interfere with macrophage function.

Clinical:

  • Dyspnea & cough - gradual onset.

Radiology

Microscopic

Features:

  • Crap in the alveoli:
  • "Dense bodies" - dead macrophages ("Chatter" in the alveoli).
    • Edema - has pink stuff in the alveoli like PAP but no dense bodies.

DDx - may mimic:[2]

Images

www:

Images of DDx:

Stains

  • PAS +ve -- material in airspace (surfactant).[4]

IHC

  • Surfactant +ve.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Trapnell BC, Whitsett JA, Nakata K (December 2003). "Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis". N. Engl. J. Med. 349 (26): 2527-39. doi:10.1056/NEJMra023226. PMID 14695413. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/349/26/2527.
  2. Leslie, Kevin O.; Wick, Mark R. (2004). Practical Pulmonary Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 248. ISBN 978-0443066313.
  3. Leslie KO (May 2009). "My approach to interstitial lung disease using clinical, radiological and histopathological patterns". J. Clin. Pathol. 62 (5): 387–401. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059782. PMC 2668105. PMID 19398592. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668105/.
  4. Ben-Dov, I.; Segel, MJ. (Jan 2014). "Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: Clinical course and diagnostic criteria.". Autoimmun Rev. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.046. PMID 24424195.
  5. Albores, J.; Seki, A.; Fishbein, MC.; Abtin, F.; Lynch, JP.; Wang, T.; Weigt, SS. (Jun 2013). "A rare occurrence of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis after lung transplantation.". Semin Respir Crit Care Med 34 (3): 431-8. doi:10.1055/s-0033-1348472. PMID 23821516.