| Autor: |
Hirokazu, Taniguchi, Hitoshi, Abo, Masayoshi, Touge, Hideki, Shinnou, Hideki, Miyazawa, Hirofumi, Noto, Akio, Uchiyama, Atsuo, Miwa, Shoetsu, Shimura, Saburo, Izumi |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Arerugi = [Allergy]. 57(8) |
| ISSN: |
0021-4884 |
| Popis: |
A 58-year-old Japanese female consulted our staff with multiple localized ground-glass opacities in chest CT. She underwent video assisted thoracoscopic surgery for diagnosis. Histopathologic finding from surgery specimen in one of ground-glass opacities revealed bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Six months later, we performed second video assisted thoracoscopic surgery, and histopathologic finding of all other ground-glass opacities revealed pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Serum anti GM-CSF antibody elevated, and she was diagnosed as having idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. A case of idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis presenting multiple localized ground-glass opacities is rare. And, differentiating ground-glass opacities of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma by chest CT is difficult. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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