Familial pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia

J Pediatr. 1992 Jul;121(1):89-92. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)82550-8.

Abstract

We describe three persons in one family with diffuse lung infiltrates, digital clubbing, and chronic hypoxia. Elevated immunoglobulin levels and antinuclear antibodies were found in all patients; pathologic findings included hyperplastic lymphoid follicles infiltrating the epithelium of the small airways. These cases may represent a familial systemic autoimmune disorder seen primarily with pulmonary compromise.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / analysis
  • Autoimmune Diseases / genetics*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
  • Cyanosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Fingers / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Infant
  • Lung Diseases / genetics*
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Lymphoid Tissue / pathology*
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • Immunoglobulin G