Recurrent alveolar proteinosis following double lung transplantation

Chest. 1997 May;111(5):1457-8. doi: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1457.

Authors

L A Parker¹, D B Novotny

Affiliation

¹ University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.

PMID: 9149615
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1457

Abstract

We present a case of recurrent alveolar proteinosis following double lung transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bronchiolitis Obliterans / etiology
Bronchitis / etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
Macrophages, Alveolar / pathology
Oxygen / blood
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / etiology*
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / pathology
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / surgery
Recurrence
Vital Capacity

Substances

Oxygen