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*Anti-GM-CSF antibodies.<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=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><ref name=pmid16517574/> | |||
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Revision as of 18:46, 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]
- Congenital:
- Abnormal surfactant.
- GM-CSF receptor defect.
- Secondary:
- Infections.
- Haematologic malignancy.
- Acquired:
- Dusts - interfere with macrophage function.
Clinical:
Radiology
- CXR: airspace disease.
- HRCT: "crazy paving" - see: http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/figsonly/23/6/1509.
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:[4]
- Pulmonary edema.
- Pneumocystis pneumonia - exudates foamy & vacuolated.
- Pulmonary hemorrhage (acute). (???)
Images
www:
PAP - low mag. (WC)
PAP - high mag. (WC)
PAP - intermed. mag. (WC)
PAP - very high mag. (WC)
Images of DDx:
Stains
- PAS +ve -- material in airspace (surfactant).[6]
IHC
- Surfactant +ve.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lin, FC.; Chang, GD.; Chern, MS.; Chen, YC.; Chang, SC. (Jun 2006). "Clinical significance of anti-GM-CSF antibodies in idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.". Thorax 61 (6): 528-34. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.054171. PMID 16517574.
- ↑ Bhattacharyya, D.; Barthwal, MS.; Katoch, CD.; Rohatgi, MG.; Hasnain, S.; Rai, SP.; Arora, A. (Jan 2013). "Primary alveolar proteinosis - A report of two cases.". Med J Armed Forces India 69 (1): 90-3. doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.02.016. PMID 24532945.
- ↑ Leslie, Kevin O.; Wick, Mark R. (2004). Practical Pulmonary Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 248. ISBN 978-0443066313.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.