Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with features similar to nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

A 58-year-old woman with cough and dyspnea who was suspected of having idiopathic interstitial pneumonia had been treated with corticosteroids and cyclosporine, but the symptoms had worsened. There were no findings to suspect pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid,...

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Main Authors: Koki Fujii, Hideyuki Takeshima, Taku Nishimura, Toshio Sakatani, Yoshio Masuda, Teppei Morikawa, Kazuhiro Usui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007122000132