ERJ
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Order Full text via Infotrieve
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Martinez-Lopez, M.
Right arrow Articles by Medrano, C
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Martinez-Lopez, M.
Right arrow Articles by Medrano, C
Eur Respir J 1991; 4: 377-379
Copyright © ERS Journals Ltd 1991

Case Studies

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: prolonged spontaneous remission in two patients

MA Martinez-Lopez, G Gomez-Cerezo, C Villasante, F Molina, S Diaz, J Cobo, and C Medrano

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare idiopathic diffuse airspace disease characterized by intra-alveolar accumulation of large quantities of lipoproteinaceous material, with preservation of the lung interstitium. The clinical course of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is variable. Spontaneous resolution is known to occur in up to a quarter of the cases. We describe two patients with untreated pulmonary alveolar proteinosis who experienced complete clinical, functional and radiographic resolution. In follow-up periods of fourteen and six years, both patients have remained asymptomatic.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.Home page
J. F. Seymour and J. J. Presneill
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: Progress in the First 44 Years
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., July 15, 2002; 166(2): 215 - 235.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1991 by the European Respiratory Society.