[13142143 - Folia Medica] Clinical Aspects and Evolution under Current Treatments on PAS (1).pdf (1.01 MB)
Clinical Aspects and Evolution under Current Treatments on Pulmonary Alveolar Phospholipoproteinosis Patients
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease that
poses difficulties in diagnosis through uncharacteristic
symptoms. Differential diagnosis includes diseases
with the same radiological aspect: cardiogenic
pulmonary edema, pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia,
non-small cell lung cancer or small cell lung cancer,
sarcoidosis. Bronchoalveolar lavage is the optimal
diagnostic method. Treatment management depends
on the progression of the disease
