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Classroom classification

百科

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

儿科综合

Common symptoms

无力、胸痛、体重减轻、呼吸困难、咯血、食欲减退、胸膜摩擦音、发绀、继发感染、啰音

The pathology of disease

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is surfactant accumulation in alveoli; children; dyspnea; crazy-paving on HRCT; whole-lung lavage; GM-CSF selected; pulmonology.

Symptoms

Dyspnea; child; progressive; crackles; HRCT crazy-paving; GM-CSF antibody; infection risk

Causes

Autoimmune anti-GM-CSF; congenital; secondary; surfactant accumulation; PAP.

Treatment

Whole-lung lavage; GM-CSF selected; treat infection; pulmonology/pediatrics

Dept

Pulmonology / pediatric pulmonology.

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