Difference between revisions of "Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis"

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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, PASD +ve
| Stains    = PAS +ve, PASD +ve
| IHC        = surfactant +ve
| IHC        = surfactant +ve
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*Pulmonary hemorrhage (acute). (???)
*Pulmonary hemorrhage (acute). (???)
*Mycobacterial infection.
*Mycobacterial infection.
*Nocardia infection.


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