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Akasaka K, Amano M, Nakamura T, Nishizawa T, Yamakawa H, Sato S, Aoki A, Shima K, Matsushima H, Takada T. Cytokine profiles associated with disease severity and prognosis of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Respir Investig 2024; 62:610-616. [PMID: 38705133 DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2024.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of surfactants in the alveoli. Most cases are classified as autoimmune PAP (APAP) because they are associated with autoantibodies against granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). However, GM-CSF autoantibody levels are unlikely to correlate with the disease severity or prognosis of APAP. METHODS We collected clinical records and measured 38 serum cytokine concentrations for consecutive patients with APAP. After exclusion of 21 cytokines because of undetectable levels, 17 cytokine levels were compared between low and high disease severity scores (DSSs). We also compared whole lung lavage (WLL)-free survival with cut-off values defined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of cytokine levels and WLL administration at 11 months. RESULTS Nineteen patients with APAP were enrolled in the study. Five were classified as DSS 1 or 2, while the others were classified as DSS 4 or 5. Comparison between DSS 1-2 and 4-5 revealed that the concentrations of IP-10 and GRO increased in the latter groups (p < 0.05). Fifteen patients underwent WLL. Comparison between those who underwent WLL within 11 months and the others showed that IP-10 and TNF-α were tended to be elevated in the former group (p = 0.082 and 0.057, respectively). The cut-off values of IP-10, 308.8 pg/mL and TNF-α, 19.1 pg/mL, defined by the ROC curves, significantly separated WLL-free survivals with log-rank analyses (p = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS The concentrations of IP-10 and GRO may reflect the DSSs of APAP. A combination of IP-10 and TNF-α levels could be a biomarker to predict WLL-free survival.
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- Keiichi Akasaka
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan; Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, 4132 Urasa, Minami Uonuma-shi, Niigata, 949-7302, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, 1-754, Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8520, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, 1-754, Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8520, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, 4132 Urasa, Minami Uonuma-shi, Niigata, 949-7302, Japan; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, 1-754, Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8520, Japan.
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Arakawa N, Shiota Y, Onizawa F, Miyata F, Miyoshi A, Akaba T, Tsuji M, Arimura K, Yagi O, Kondo M, Katsura H, Tagaya E. Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during the treatment of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia complicated by clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis: A case report. Respirol Case Rep 2024; 12:e01403. [PMID: 38863515 PMCID: PMC11166472 DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.1403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
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A 46-year-old male was treated with corticosteroids for nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). He was referred to our hospital and admitted for worsening dyspnea and diffuse ground-glass opacity on chest computed tomography (CT) during corticosteroid treatment. Gottron's sign was observed, and the patient was diagnosed with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis on skin biopsy. We increased the corticosteroid dose and added immunosuppressive agents; however, the opacity on the chest CT worsened. Based on periodic-acid-Schiff-positive granular material in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and the presence of anti-GM-CSF antibodies, the patient was diagnosed with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP). The concentration of anti-GM-CSF antibodies in preserved serum was also elevated when the patient was diagnosed with NSIP. Thus, we assumed that NSIP and APAP coexisted, and that APAP manifested during immunosuppressive therapy. When exacerbation is observed during the treatment of interstitial pneumonia with immunosuppressive agents, it is necessary to consider APAP.
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- Naoko Arakawa
- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineTokyo Women's Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
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Yatomi M, Akasaka K, Sato S, Chida M, Kanbe M, Sawada H, Yokota I, Wakamatsu I, Muto S, Sato M, Yamaguchi K, Miura Y, Tsurumaki H, Sakurai R, Hara K, Koga Y, Sunaga N, Yamakawa H, Matsushima H, Yamazaki S, Endo Y, Motegi SI, Hisada T, Maeno T. A case of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during the course of treatment of rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia associated with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis. BMC Pulm Med 2024; 24:170. [PMID: 38589870 PMCID: PMC11003183 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-024-02989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP) is a diffuse lung disease that causes abnormal accumulation of lipoproteins in the alveoli; however, its pathogenesis remains unclear. Recently, APAP cases have been reported during the course of dermatomyositis. The combination of these two diseases may be coincidental; however, it may have been overlooked because differentiating APAP from a flare-up of interstitial pneumonia associated with dermatomyositis is challenging. This didactic case demonstrates the need for early APAP scrutiny. CASE PRESENTATION A 50-year-old woman was diagnosed with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) antibody-positive dermatitis and interstitial pneumonia in April 2021. The patient was treated with corticosteroids, tacrolimus, and cyclophosphamide pulse therapy for interstitial pneumonia complicated by MDA5 antibody-positive dermatitis, which improved the symptoms and interstitial pneumonia. Eight months after the start of treatment, a new interstitial shadow appeared that worsened. Therefore, three additional courses of cyclophosphamide pulse therapy were administered; however, the respiratory symptoms and interstitial shadows did not improve. Respiratory failure progressed, and 14 months after treatment initiation, bronchoscopy revealed turbid alveolar lavage fluid, numerous foamy macrophages, and numerous periodic acid-Schiff-positive unstructured materials. Blood test results revealed high anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) antibody levels, leading to a diagnosis of APAP. The patient underwent whole-lung lavage, and the respiratory disturbance promptly improved. Anti-GM-CSF antibodies were measured from the cryopreserved serum samples collected at the time of diagnosis of anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatitis, and 10 months later, both values were significantly higher than normal. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis complicated by interstitial pneumonia with APAP, which may develop during immunosuppressive therapy and be misdiagnosed as a re-exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia. In anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis, APAP comorbidity may have been overlooked, and early evaluation with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and anti-GM-CSF antibody measurements should be considered, keeping the development of APAP in mind.
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- Masakiyo Yatomi
- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-Ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-Ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Oncology Center, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-, 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-Ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-Ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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- Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8514, Japan
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- Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Integrative Center of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371- 8511, Japan
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Martin S, Kaushik S, Bajantri B. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis following severe COVID - 19 infection: A case report. Respir Med Case Rep 2024; 49:102017. [PMID: 38623377 PMCID: PMC11017048 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
Abstract
A 67-year-old male, with a history of severe COVID-19 infection and exposure to talc was seen for worsening shortness of breath for months, requiring supplemental oxygen. He was treated for COVID-19 infection and suspected pneumonia with no improvement. His pulmonary function test (PFT) worsened and computed tomography (CT) showing bilateral airspace opacities with ground-glass opacities (GGO), also worsened over time. He underwent bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage and pathology revealed pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP). He subsequently underwent whole lung lavage (WLL) which significantly improved his crazy paving pattern on CT and was successfully weaned off supplemental oxygen.
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- Samina Martin
- Internal Medicine, Department of Graduate Medical Education, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN, USA
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- Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN, USA
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- Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN, USA
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Sugawara M, Osanami A, Asai Y, Ogawa Y, Nagahata K, Nakamura H, Suzuki C, Kanda M, Takahashi H. Successful treatment of ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis following pulmonary alveolar proteinosis by rituximab and avacopan. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2024; 63:e51-e52. [PMID: 37603770 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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- Masanari Sugawara
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sappro, Japan
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- Hokkaido Renal Pathology Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Dobashi N, Sada KE, Kanemori G, Okada T, Tarutani Y, Yamamoto M, Yabe M, Inoue K, Imaizumi Y, Nishii M, Katsurada M, Misaki K. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during treatment of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. Int J Rheum Dis 2024; 27:e15080. [PMID: 38339847 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.15080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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- Naofumi Dobashi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Prefectural Hata-Kenmin Hospital, Sukumo, Japan
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Prefectural Hata-Kenmin Hospital, Sukumo, Japan
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Oncology Respiratory Medicine, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Oncology Respiratory Medicine, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
- Rheumatology Center, Kita-Harima Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan
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Imakura T, Kakiuchi S, Inayama M, Mori A, Haku T. A Case of Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis With Predominantly Peripheral Opacities Diagnosed by Transbronchial Lung Biopsy. Cureus 2024; 16:e54261. [PMID: 38496134 PMCID: PMC10944338 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.54261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Although pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) showed various shadows, its shadows are usually distributed predominantly in the central lung area. We report a case of autoimmune PAP with localized subpleural ground-glass shadows in the bilateral upper lobes, which was diagnosed based on transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) specimen findings and anti-granulocyte macrophage colony PAP stimulating factor antibody positivity. PAP should be listed as a differential diagnosis for subpleural shadows. If subpleural shadows are observed, TBLB should be performed aggressively, and anti-granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (anti-GM-CSF) antibodies should be submitted.
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- Takeshi Imakura
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Tokushima, JPN
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Tokushima, JPN
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Tokushima, JPN
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Tokushima, JPN
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Tokushima, JPN
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Asami-Noyama M, Ito K, Harada M, Hisamoto Y, Kunihiro Y, Ikeda E, Yamamoto T, Suizu J, Fukatsu A, Ohata S, Murata Y, Oishi K, Yamaji Y, Edakuni N, Kakugawa T, Hirano T, Matsunaga K. A case of development of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during the treatment of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Respir Med Case Rep 2023; 44:101862. [PMID: 37251358 PMCID: PMC10212751 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Herein, we report the case of a 73-year-old woman with an occupational history of plaster grinding who developed autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) during the treatment of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis with steroids and immunosuppressive drugs. Based on the changes in computed tomography imaging findings, poor response to steroid therapy, and markedly elevated KL-6 levels, PAP was suspected and diagnosed by bronchoscopy. Repeated segmental bronchoalveolar lavage under high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy resulted in slight improvement. Steroids and immunosuppressive treatments for other interstitial lung diseases may cause PAP or exacerbate latent PAP.
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- Maki Asami-Noyama
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Yamaguchi-Ube Medical Center, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Yamaguchi-Ube Medical Center, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Yamaguchi-Ube Medical Center, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonology and Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
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Le-Khac B, Tran-Le QK, Nguyen-Ho L, Duong-Quy S. Post-COVID-19 Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Treated Successfully with Whole Lung Lavage: A Rare Case Report. Pulm Ther 2023; 9:287-293. [PMID: 37166705 PMCID: PMC10173208 DOI: 10.1007/s41030-023-00224-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is an uncommon disease and its diagnosis remains challenging. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been difficult to distinguish between PAP and post-COVID-19 pulmonary sequelae. Here we present a case of a 44-year-old male patient who experienced exertional dyspnea after recovering from COVID-19. He was initially diagnosed with post-COVID-19 syndrome and treated with systemic corticosteroid without improvement. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed crazy-paving pattern with ground-glass opacities. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy with bronchial lavage fluid (BLF) analysis confirmed the final diagnosis of PAP. The patient underwent left lung lavage in combination with conventional therapy and experienced significant improvement in his respiratory condition and overall health during follow-up. Hence, PAP could occur after a COVID-19 infection. This case highlights the importance of considering PAP as a potential diagnosis in patients with persistent respiratory symptoms after COVID-19. The high suspicion indicators of PAP revealed by chest-CT and BLF may be a key to differentiating PAP from post-COVID-19 pulmonary sequelae. Moreover, it is plausible that SARS-CoV-2 plays a role in the development of proteinosis, either by inducing a flare-up or by directly causing the condition.
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- Bao Le-Khac
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Respiratory Department, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Respiratory Department, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Department of Respiratory Functional Exploration, University Medical Center HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Respiratory Functional Exploration, University Medical Center HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Bio-Medical Research Center, Lam Dong Medical College, Dalat, Vietnam.
- Divion of Immuno-Allergology and Pulmonology, Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Medical College, State College, PA, USA.
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Shijubou N, Sawai T, Hatakeyama T, Munakata S, Yamazoe M, Chiba H. Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis during the Treatment of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy. Intern Med 2023; 62:445-448. [PMID: 35831113 PMCID: PMC9970810 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9558-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Approximately 50% of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Typically, IIM-ILD manifests as nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. We herein report a rare case of a 78-year-old man with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) that developed during IIM treatment. The diagnosis of autoimmune PAP was based on detecting anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibodies. We postulated that PAP may have been induced by IIM treatment with prednisolone. Our case suggests that the possibility of autoimmune PAP should be considered in patients with lung lesions during the clinical course of IIM.
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- Naoki Shijubou
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
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Muto Y, Hagiwara E, Baba T, Sato Y, Sakayori M, Tabata E, Sekine A, Komatsu S, Okudela K, Sayama K, Ogura T. Unilateral Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis with Polymyositis-related Interstitial Lung Disease. Intern Med 2022; 61:3095-3100. [PMID: 35370233 PMCID: PMC9646339 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9015-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A 61-year-old patient with cystic bronchiectasis and bronchial artery hyperplasia in the left lung was diagnosed with polymyositis-related interstitial lung disease. After nine months of immunosuppressive therapy, he developed unilateral autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP) in the right lung with respiratory failure. After bronchial artery embolization to prevent massive hemoptysis, whole-lung lavage was performed using veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. His respiratory condition improved, and he was discharged from the hospital with supplemental oxygen. Three reported cases of APAP with polymyositis-related interstitial lung disease, including the present case, were all positive for anti-glycyl tRNA synthetase antibody and were under immunosuppressive treatment.
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- Yutaka Muto
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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Shimoda M, Ishii H, Tanaka Y, Morimoto K, Takemura T, Oka T, Yoshimori K, Ohta K. A Case of Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis with Suspected Exacerbation after Osimertinib Administration for Lung Cancer. Intern Med 2022; 62:1203-1206. [PMID: 36070942 PMCID: PMC10183281 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0256-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 46-year-old woman with lung cancer who received chemotherapy was admitted to our hospital for lower-lobe bilateral ground-glass opacity (GGO). GGO developed after the lung cancer diagnosis, deteriorated after the initiation of osimertinib, and incompletely decreased after interrupting osimertinib; therefore, flexible bronchoscopy was performed. Transbronchial lung biopsy histology and anti-granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibody positivity revealed autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) that did not require treatment. This rare case of aPAP comorbid with lung cancer suggested that using PAP findings to differentiate from drug-induced lung injury or lymphangitis is difficult and that osimertinib was suspected to exacerbate aPAP.
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- Masafumi Shimoda
- Respiratory Disease Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association Fukujuji Hospital, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association, Japan
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McCarthy C, Carey BC, Trapnell BC. Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022; 205:1016-1035. [PMID: 35227171 PMCID: PMC9851473 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202112-2742so] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disease characterized by myeloid cell dysfunction, abnormal pulmonary surfactant accumulation, and innate immune deficiency. It has a prevalence of 7-10 per million; occurs in individuals of all races, geographic regions, sex, and socioeconomic status; and accounts for 90% of all patients with PAP syndrome. The most common presentation is dyspnea of insidious onset with or without cough, production of scant white and frothy sputum, and diffuse radiographic infiltrates in a previously healthy adult, but it can also occur in children as young as 3 years. Digital clubbing, fever, and hemoptysis are not typical, and the latter two indicate that intercurrent infection may be present. Low prevalence and nonspecific clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings commonly lead to misdiagnosis as pneumonia and substantially delay an accurate diagnosis. The clinical course, although variable, usually includes progressive hypoxemic respiratory insufficiency and, in some patients, secondary infections, pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory failure, and death. Two decades of research have raised autoimmune PAP from obscurity to a paradigm of molecular pathogenesis-based diagnostic and therapeutic development. Pathogenesis is driven by GM-CSF (granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor) autoantibodies, which are present at high concentrations in blood and tissues and form the basis of an accurate, commercially available diagnostic blood test with sensitivity and specificity of 100%. Although whole-lung lavage remains the first-line therapy, inhaled GM-CSF is a promising pharmacotherapeutic approach demonstrated in well-controlled trials to be safe, well tolerated, and efficacious. Research has established GM-CSF as a pulmonary regulatory molecule critical to surfactant homeostasis, alveolar stability, lung function, and host defense.
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- Cormac McCarthy
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Translational Pulmonary Science Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Translational Pulmonary Science Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Lee E, Miller C, Ataya A, Wang T. Opportunistic Infection Associated with Elevated GM-CSF Autoantibodies: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022; 9:ofac146. [PMID: 35531378 PMCID: PMC9070348 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is known to play a key role in enhancing multiple immune functions that affect response to infectious pathogens including antigen presentation, complement- and antibody-mediated phagocytosis, microbicidal activity, and neutrophil chemotaxis. Reduced GM-CSF activity and immune response provides a mechanism for increased infection risk associated with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) and other disorders involving the presence of GM-CSF autoantibodies. We present a case series of five patients with persistent or unusual pulmonary and central nervous system opportunistic infections (Cryptococcus gattii, Flavobacterium, Nocardia) and elevated GM-CSF autoantibody levels, as well as 27 cases identified on systematic review of the literature.
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- Elinor Lee
- UCLA Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- UCLA Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Ishimoto H, Sakamoto N, Yura H, Hara A, Kido T, Yamaguchi H, Yamamoto K, Obase Y, Ishimatsu Y, Satoh M, Mukae H. Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis exacerbated by steroid therapy due to misdiagnosis as anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibody positive- interstitial pneumonia: a case report. BMC Pulm Med 2022; 22:120. [PMID: 35361191 PMCID: PMC8973538 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-022-01909-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (anti-ARS) antibodies are myositis-specific autoantibodies that have been identified in a subset of patients with interstitial pneumonia who do not present with dermatomyositis or polymyositis. Anti-ARS antibody-positive interstitial pneumonia is commonly treated with steroids or immunosuppressive agents and is usually responsive to these therapies. Here, we present in detail a case in which respiratory failure of a patient diagnosed with anti-ARS antibody-positive interstitial pneumonia was exacerbated by treatment with steroids and immunosuppressive agents. Further examination revealed misdiagnosis of this patient and a subsequent diagnosis of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 66-year-old man presented to the hospital with dyspnea on exertion, which resulted in the detection of interstitial pneumonia. Serum anti-ARS antibodies were detected; however, there were no other findings suggestive of myositis. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) was suspected based on the marked increase in serum KL-6 and chest computed tomography findings. The bronchoalveolar lavage revealed no milky changes in the lavage fluid. After treatment with steroids and initiation of immunosuppressive agents for anti-ARS antibody-positive interstitial pneumonia, respiratory failure and chest imaging findings showed worsening of the condition. Bronchoscopy was repeated, and milk-like alveolar lavage fluid was collected; serum anti-granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibody was identified. Steroids and immunosuppressive agents were gradually tapered and discontinued, and the patient's condition stabilized after repeated alveolar lavage under general anesthesia. CONCLUSION Due to similar presentation, PAP can be misdiagnosed as interstitial pneumonia. If pulmonary lesions due to interstitial pneumonia are exacerbated by immunosuppressive treatment, physicians should reconsider the diagnosis and include PAP in the differential diagnosis.
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- Hiroshi Ishimoto
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, 2-1001-1 Kubara, Ohmura, Nagasaki, 856-8562, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8520, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 807-0804, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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Liu S, Cui X, Xia K, Wang D, Han J, Yao X, Liu X, Bian L, Zhang J, Li G. A Bibliometric Analysis of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis From 2001 to 2021. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:846480. [PMID: 35391885 PMCID: PMC8980592 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.846480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare syndrome first described by Rosen et al. in 1958. Despite our considerably evolved understanding of PAP over the past decades, no bibliometric studies have been reported on this field. We aimed to analyze and visualize the research hotspots and current trends of the PAP research field using a bibliometric analysis to help understand the future development of basic and clinical research. Methods The literature regarding PAP was culled from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. Data were extracted from the relevant articles and visually analyzed using CiteSpace and VOSviewer software. Results Nine hundred and nine qualifying articles were included in the analysis. Publications regarding PAP increased over time. These articles mainly come from 407 institutions of 57 countries. The leading countries were the USA and Japan. University of Cincinnati (USA) and Niigata University (Japan) featured the highest number of publications among all institutions. Bruce C Trapnell exerts a significant publication impact and has made the most outstanding contributions in the field of PAP. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology was the journal with the most publications, and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine was the most commonly cited journal. All the top 5 co-cited journals belong to Q1. Keyword citation bursts revealed that inflammation, deficiency, tissue resident macrophage, classification, autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, sarcoidosis, gm csf, high resolution ct, and fetal monocyte were the emerging research hotspots. Conclusion Research on PAP is prosperous. International cooperation is also expected to deepen and strengthen in the future. Our results indicated that the etiology and pathogenesis of PAP, current and emerging therapies, especially the novel pathogenesis-based options will remain research hotspots in the future.
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- Shixu Liu
- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Affilated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guanganmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Guangxi Li
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Shiohira S, Sakayori M, Yoshioka K, Kasai H, Hirama R, Abe M, Nishimura H, Suzuki T. Exacerbation of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis that improved with lone treatment of complicating nontuberculous mycobacterial infection: A case report. Respir Med Case Rep 2021; 34:101521. [PMID: 34722142 PMCID: PMC8531841 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Herein, we present the case of a 63-year-old man with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP) complicated by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. APAP was diagnosed based on serum anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibody, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) findings, and transbronchial lung biopsy. Nodular shadows with cavities were visible on chest CT images, and Mycobacterium intracellulare was identified by BALF culture. Rifampicin, ethambutol, and clarithromycin were administered, and 4 months later, the nodular shadows of MAC had disappeared, and APAP was remarkably improved. Thus, in cases of APAP exacerbation complicated with infections, such as MAC, control of the infections may improve APAP.
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- Shunya Shiohira
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670 Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.,Health Professional Development Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, 260-0042, Japan
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- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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Iftikhar H, Nair GB, Kumar A. Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2021; 17:701-710. [PMID: 34408422 PMCID: PMC8364424 DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s193884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare pulmonary surfactant homeostasis disorder resulting in buildup of lipo-proteinaceous material within the alveoli. PAP is classified as primary (autoimmune and hereditary), secondary, congenital and unclassifiable type based on the underlying pathogenesis. PAP has an insidious onset and can, in some cases, progress to severe respiratory failure. Diagnosis is often secured with bronchoalveolar lavage in the setting of classic imaging findings. Recent insights into genetic alterations and autoimmune mechanisms have provided newer diagnostics and treatment options. In this review, we discuss the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment options available and emerging for PAP.
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- Hira Iftikhar
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beaumont Health, OUWB School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beaumont Health, OUWB School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Alasiri AM, Alasbali RA, Alaqil MA, Alahmari AM, Alshamrani ND, Badri RN. Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis successfully treated with lung lavage in an adolescent patient: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2021; 15:340. [PMID: 34238362 PMCID: PMC8268574 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-021-02906-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare interstitial lung disease characterized by accumulating surfactant materials in the alveoli. The autoimmune form is by far the most common in adults, while in the pediatric age group, the vast majority of cases are congenital. We report a case of an adolescent patient diagnosed with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, which is unusual in this age group. Case presentation A-15 year-old Saudi male presented to the emergency department with a history of shortness of breath and low oxygen saturation. High-resolution computed tomography of his chest showed a global crazy-paving pattern. Autoantibodies against granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor were detected in his serum. A diagnosis of the autoimmune form of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis was confirmed after excluding other possible causes. The patient improved after he underwent whole lung lavage under general anesthesia, and he was independent of oxygen therapy after 6 months of follow-up. Conclusion The autoimmune form of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is rare in the pediatric age group and should be considered when no apparent cause of this disease was found. Whole lung lavage should be the first treatment modality offered in this setting with close follow-up and monitoring.
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- Department of internal medicine, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of histopathology, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Walsh L, McCarthy C, Henry M. Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis: a dual pathology. BMJ Case Rep 2021; 14:e241048. [PMID: 33811096 PMCID: PMC8023637 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-241048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare pulmonary condition which leads to excessive accumulation of proteinaceous material within the alveoli. Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is another orphan lung disease and results in recurrent alveolar haemorrhage. This case study describes a case of these two rare pathologies occurring together. A man in his 50s presented with a 6-week history of haemoptysis and worsening dyspnoea. A CT scan of the thorax showed multifocal, bilateral ground glass opacification with a wide differential diagnosis. Full autoantibody screen including myositis panel and coeliac screen were negative. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and tissue from a transbronchial lung cryobiopsy were non-diagnostic. Tissue from a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of PAP with IPH as a second separate pathology. The association of IPH and PAP has not previously been described. We discuss these conditions and postulate how and if they may be related.
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- Laura Walsh
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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Oudah M, Slack D. Mild dyspnea presenting as 'crazy-paving' on chest computed tomography. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2021; 11:273-276. [PMID: 33889337 PMCID: PMC8043521 DOI: 10.1080/20009666.2020.1860443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinoisis (PAP) is a rare disease characterized by accumulation of proteinaceous material in the alveolar spaces. Here, we report a case of mild dyspnea with incidental ‘crazy-paving’ pattern on chest computed tomography (CT). Further evaluation and bronchoscopy found to have PAP.
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- M Oudah
- Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, Maryland, USA
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Arai T, Kasai T, Shimizu K, Kawahara K, Katayama K, Sugimoto C, Hirose M, Okamoto H, Tachibana K, Akira M, Inoue Y. Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Complicated with Sarcoidosis: the Clinical Course and Serum Levels of Anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating Factor Autoantibody. Intern Med 2020; 59:2539-2546. [PMID: 32611952 PMCID: PMC7662056 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3853-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP) is caused by macrophage dysfunction due to anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) autoantibody. We experienced 2 cases of APAP complicated with sarcoidosis in a 42-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man (age at the sarcoidosis diagnosis). APAP preceded sarcoidosis in the woman, and both diseases were diagnosed simultaneously in the man. Sarcoidosis lesions were observed in the lung, skin, and eyes, and the pathological findings of APAP were not marked at the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in either case. Low-grade positive serum anti-GM-CSF autoantibody was suspected to be correlated with the occurrence of sarcoidosis and resolution of APAP.
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- Toru Arai
- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Osaka Prefectural Hospital Organization Osaka Habikino Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Osaka Prefectural Hospital Organization Osaka Habikino Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
- Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan
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Katayama K, Hirose M, Arai T, Hatsuda K, Tachibana K, Sugawara R, Sugimoto C, Kasai T, Akira M, Inoue Y. Clinical significance of serum anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies in patients with sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020; 15:272. [PMID: 32993757 PMCID: PMC7525969 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-01546-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Anti-granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibody (GMAb) has been recognized as a diagnostic biomarker for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP). The aims of this study were to know the incidence of increased level of serum GMAb in granulomatous lung diseases (sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis [HP]) and to clarify the role of GMAb. Consecutive individuals diagnosed with sarcoidosis (n = 92) and HP (n = 45) at National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center were retrospectively analyzed. We measured serum GMAb levels at the diagnosis. Cut-off values of GMAb discriminating aPAP (n = 110) from healthy controls (n = 31) were determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. We compared the clinical features of sarcoidosis and HP patients with GMAb levels above the cut-off value (“Elevated-GMAb”) with those of patients whose GMAb levels below the cut-off value (“Low-GMAb”). Radiological and pathological findings in elevated-GMAb patients were re-evaluated to elucidate the role of GMAb in granulomatous lung diseases. Results Analysis of ROC indicated a sensitivity and specificity of 100% at GMAb level of 3.33 μg/mL for discriminating aPAP from healthy controls (area under curve = 1.000, p < 0.0001). The percentages of elevated-GMAb sarcoidosis and HP patients were 5.4% (n = 5) and 11.1% (n = 5), respectively. The number of comorbid sarcoidosis and HP patients with aPAP was two and one, respectively. Elevated-GMAb sarcoidosis patients presented with significantly higher serum levels of Krebs von den Lungen (KL)-6, surfactant protein-D (SP-D), lactate dehydrogenase, and the requirement of systemic corticosteroid therapy. Elevated-GMAb HP patients demonstrated older age, higher serum KL-6, SP-D, carcinoembryonic antigen, and cytokeratin fragment 21-1 levels, and a higher percentage of lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage than low-GMAb patients. A subset of patients presented with radiological and pathological findings characteristic of aPAP. Conclusions We demonstrated the percentage of elevated-GMAb sarcoidosis and HP patients who presented with several features suggestive of aPAP. Elevated-GMAb sarcoidosis and HP patients without definitive aPAP diagnosis may have subclinical or early-stage aPAP and may not necessarily indicate false positives. Upon diagnosis of sarcoidosis or HP, measurement of GMAb may be useful in detecting possible comorbidity of subclinical or early-onset aPAP.
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- Kanako Katayama
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan.
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Sugiura H, Nishimori H, Nishii K, Toji T, Fujii K, Fujii N, Matsuoka KI, Nakata K, Kiura K, Maeda Y. Secondary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Associated with Primary Myelofibrosis and Ruxolitinib Treatment: An Autopsy Case. Intern Med 2020; 59:2023-2028. [PMID: 32448830 PMCID: PMC7492123 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4082-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is an uncommon lung disorder characterized by the excessive accumulation of surfactant-derived lipoproteins in the pulmonary alveoli and terminal bronchiole. Secondary PAP associated with primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is extremely rare, and to our knowledge, no autopsy case has been reported. We herein report an autopsy case of secondary PAP occurring in a patient with PMF who was treated with the Janus kinase 1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib. We confirmed a diagnosis of PAP with complications based on the pathological findings at the autopsy. Notably, this case might suggest an association between ruxolitinib treatment and PAP occurrence.
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- Hiroyuki Sugiura
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience Medical Research Center, Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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Bush A, Pabary R. Pulmonary alveolarproteinosis in children. Breathe (Sheff) 2020; 16:200001. [PMID: 32684993 PMCID: PMC7341618 DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0001-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of conditions that have a very characteristic appearance on computed tomography. There is outlining of the secondary pulmonary lobules on the background of ground-glass shadowing and pathologically, filling of the alveolar spaces with normal or abnormal surfactant. PAP is rare and the common causes in children are very different from those seen in adults; autoimmune PAP is rare and macrophage blockade not described in children. There are many genetic causes of PAP, the best known of which are mutations in the genes encoding surfactant protein (SP)-B, SP-C, thyroid transcription factor 1, ATP-binding cassette protein 3, and the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) receptor α- and β- chains. PAP may also be a manifestation of rheumatological and metabolic disease, congenital immunodeficiency, and haematological malignancy. Precise diagnosis of the underlying cause is essential in planning treatment, as well as for genetic counselling. The evidence base for treatment is poor. Some forms of PAP respond well to whole-lung lavage, and autoimmune PAP, which is much commoner in adults, responds to inhaled or subcutaneous GM-CSF. Emerging therapies based on studies in murine models of PAP include stem-cell transplantation for GM-CSF receptor mutations. EDUCATIONAL AIMS To understand when to suspect that a child has pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and how to confirm that this is the cause of the presentation.To show that PAP is an umbrella term for conditions characterised by alveolar filling by normal or abnormal surfactant, and that this term is the start, not the end, of the diagnostic journey.To review the developmental differences in the spectrum of conditions that may cause PAP, and specifically to understand the differences between causes in adults and children.To discuss when to treat PAP with whole-lung lavage and/or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and review potential promising new therapies.
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- Andrew Bush
- Imperial College, London, UK
- Royal Brompton Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College, London, UK
- Royal Brompton Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Sato S, Akasaka K, Ohta H, Tsukahara Y, Kida G, Tsumiyama E, Kusano K, Oba T, Nishizawa T, Kawabe R, Yamakawa H, Amano M, Matsushima H, Takada T. Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis developed during immunosuppressive treatment in polymyositis with interstitial lung disease: a case report. BMC Pulm Med 2020; 20:84. [PMID: 32252718 PMCID: PMC7132862 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-1110-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is characterized by the accumulation of surfactant proteins within the alveolar spaces. Autoimmune PAP (APAP) caused by elevated levels of GM-CSF autoantibodies (GM-Ab) is very rarely associated with systemic autoimmune disease. Here we report a case of APAP manifested during immunosuppressive treatment for polymyositis with interstitial lung disease. Case presentation A 52-year-old woman treated at our hospital because of polymyositis with interstitial pneumonia had maintained remission by immunosuppressive treatment for 15 years. She had progressive dyspnea subsequently over several months with her chest CT showing ground-glass opacities (GGO) in bilateral geographic distribution. Her bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with cloudy appearance revealed medium-sized foamy macrophages and PAS-positive amorphous eosinophilic materials by cytological examination. We diagnosed her as APAP due to an increased serum GM-CSF autoantibody level. Attenuating immunosuppression failed to lead GGO improvement, but whole lung lavage (WLL) was effective in her condition. Conclusions PAP should be considered as one of the differential diseases when the newly interstitial shadow was observed during immunosuppressive treatment. WLL should be regarded as the treatment option for APAP concurred in connective tissue disease (CTD).
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- S Sato
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5, Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Minami-Uonuma, Japan
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Kobayashi K, Ohkouchi S, Sasahara Y, Ebina M, Nakata K, Saito R, Akiba M, Sado T, Oishi H, Watanabe T, Kurosawa H, Okada Y. Improvement of native pulmonary alveolar proteinosis after contralateral single living-donor lobar lung transplantation: A case report. Pediatr Transplant 2020; 24:e13659. [PMID: 31985141 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PAP is a rare disease characterized by the accumulation of surfactant materials in the alveolar spaces due to the imbalance of surfactant homeostasis (production and clearance). We herein report a case of an 8-year-old girl who developed PAP after BMT from her mother for the treatment of DBA. The anemia was improved by BMT; however, respiratory dysfunction due to graft-versus-host disease gradually progressed. She eventually underwent right single LDLLT from her mother when she was 14 years old. A pathological examination of the excised lung confirmed the finding of diffuse bronchiolitis obliterans and unexpectedly revealed widespread alveolar proteinosis. Interestingly, the GGO of her native left lung on chest X-ray was improved after LDLLT. We present the very unique clinical course of this patient and discuss the mechanisms underlying the development of PAP after BMT and its improvement after LDLLT from the same donor.
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- Kazuma Kobayashi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Occupational Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Bioscience Medical Research Center, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Organ Transplantation, Tohoku University Hospital, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Occupational Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Blanc PD, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes JR, Cummings KJ, Fishwick D, Miedinger D, Murgia N, Naidoo RN, Reynolds CJ, Sigsgaard T, Torén K, Vinnikov D, Redlich CA. The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 199:1312-1334. [PMID: 31149852 PMCID: PMC6543721 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201904-0717st] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rationale: Workplace inhalational hazards remain common worldwide, even though they are ameliorable. Previous American Thoracic Society documents have assessed the contribution of workplace exposures to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on a population level, but not to other chronic respiratory diseases. The goal of this document is to report an in-depth literature review and data synthesis of the occupational contribution to the burden of the major nonmalignant respiratory diseases, including airway diseases; interstitial fibrosis; hypersensitivity pneumonitis; other noninfectious granulomatous lung diseases, including sarcoidosis; and selected respiratory infections. Methods: Relevant literature was identified for each respiratory condition. The occupational population attributable fraction (PAF) was estimated for those conditions for which there were sufficient population-based studies to allow pooled estimates. For the other conditions, the occupational burden of disease was estimated on the basis of attribution in case series, incidence rate ratios, or attributable fraction within an exposed group. Results: Workplace exposures contribute substantially to the burden of multiple chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma (PAF, 16%); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (PAF, 14%); chronic bronchitis (PAF, 13%); idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (PAF, 26%); hypersensitivity pneumonitis (occupational burden, 19%); other granulomatous diseases, including sarcoidosis (occupational burden, 30%); pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (occupational burden, 29%); tuberculosis (occupational burden, 2.3% in silica-exposed workers and 1% in healthcare workers); and community-acquired pneumonia in working-age adults (PAF, 10%). Conclusions: Workplace exposures contribute to the burden of disease across a range of nonmalignant lung conditions in adults (in addition to the 100% burden for the classic occupational pneumoconioses). This burden has important clinical, research, and policy implications. There is a pressing need to improve clinical recognition and public health awareness of the contribution of occupational factors across a range of nonmalignant respiratory diseases.
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Inoue D, Marumo S, Ishii H, Fukui M. Secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during corticosteroid therapy for organising pneumonia associated with myelodysplastic syndrome. BMJ Case Rep 2019; 12:12/9/e231055. [PMID: 31537595 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-231055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is frequently complicated by pulmonary disease. Here, we describe secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (sPAP) that developed during corticosteroid therapy for organising pneumonia (OP) associated with MDS. A 75-year-old woman with MDS complained of cough for 2 weeks. Chest CT showed bilateral patchy consolidations with reversed halo sign. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) examination showed remarkably increased cell density with an increased lymphocyte proportion. Abnormal radiological findings improved rapidly on administration of systemic corticosteroid under the diagnosis of OP; however, they relapsed a few weeks later. Transbronchial lung biopsy showed periodic acid-Schiff stain-positive amorphous materials. Autoantibodies against granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in serum and BAL fluid (BALF) were both negative, while GM-CSF level in BALF was elevated. The patient was diagnosed with sPAP. When chest radiological findings show exacerbation during corticosteroid therapy for OP in a patient with MDS, physicians should consider sPAP complication as a differential diagnosis.
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- Daiki Inoue
- Respiratory Disease Center, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Respiratory Disease Center, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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McCarthy C, Kokosi M, Bonella F. Shaping the future of an ultra-rare disease: unmet needs in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2019; 25:450-458. [PMID: 31365379 DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) can be considered the archetype of ultra-rare diseases with a prevalence of under 10 cases per million. We discuss the classification of PAP, the current diagnostic practice and the supplementary role of genetic testing and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) signalling in the diagnosis of congenital and hereditary PAP. We report on novel therapeutic approaches such as GM-CSF substitution, stem cell transplantation, pioglitazone, statins and immunomodulation. RECENT FINDINGS The discovery of new genetic mutations underlying this syndrome raises the question whether the classification should be radically revised in the future. Serum GM-CSF autoantibody is the best diagnostic marker for autoimmune PAP, the most common form, but does not correlate with disease severity. Several circulating biomarkers have been investigated to assess disease activity and predict outcome. Imaging techniques have also enormously evolved and offer new tools to quantify disease burden and possibly drive therapeutic decisions. Promising clinical trials are ongoing and will generate new treatment strategies besides or in addition to whole lung lavage in the next future. SUMMARY Despite impressive advances in understanding pathogenesis, PAP remains a rare syndrome with several unanswered questions impacting diagnosis, management and treatment, and, as a result, patients' quality of life.
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- Cormac McCarthy
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Rare Lung Disease Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Pneumology, Centre for Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease, Ruhrlandklinik, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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There are hundreds of rare orphan lung diseases. We have highlighted five of them, one from each of the five major categories of pulmonary disorders: pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (a rare diffuse parenchymal lung disease), pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (a rare autoimmune and diffuse parenchymal lung disease), lymphangioleiomyomatosis (a rare cystic lung disease), yellow nail syndrome (a rare pleural disease), and Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (a rare airway disorder). The pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, treatment options, and prognosis of each disorder is discussed. This review is by no means exhaustive and further research is needed to improve our understanding of these disorders.
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- Muhammad Sajawal Ali
- Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, HUB for Collaborative Medicine, 8701 West Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, HUB for Collaborative Medicine, 8701 West Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Academic Office 1, 12631 East 17th Avenue, M/S C323, Office # 8102, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Trapnell BC, Nakata K, Bonella F, Campo I, Griese M, Hamilton J, Wang T, Morgan C, Cottin V, McCarthy C. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2019; 5:16. [PMID: 30846703 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-019-0066-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a syndrome characterized by the accumulation of alveolar surfactant and dysfunction of alveolar macrophages. PAP results in progressive dyspnoea of insidious onset, hypoxaemic respiratory failure, secondary infections and pulmonary fibrosis. PAP can be classified into different types on the basis of the pathogenetic mechanism: primary PAP is characterized by the disruption of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) signalling and can be autoimmune (caused by elevated levels of GM-CSF autoantibodies) or hereditary (due to mutations in CSF2RA or CSF2RB, encoding GM-CSF receptor subunits); secondary PAP results from various underlying conditions; and congenital PAP is caused by mutations in genes involved in surfactant production. In most patients, pathogenesis is driven by reduced GM-CSF-dependent cholesterol clearance in alveolar macrophages, which impairs alveolar surfactant clearance. PAP has a prevalence of at least 7 cases per million individuals in large population studies and affects men, women and children of all ages, ethnicities and geographical locations irrespective of socioeconomic status, although it is more-prevalent in smokers. Autoimmune PAP accounts for >90% of all cases. Management aims at improving symptoms and quality of life; whole-lung lavage effectively removes excessive surfactant. Novel pathogenesis-based therapies are in development, targeting GM-CSF signalling, immune modulation and cholesterol homeostasis.
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- Bruce C Trapnell
- Translational Pulmonary Science Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- Bioscience Medical Research Center, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease Unit, Pneumology Department, Ruhrlandklinik University Hospital, University of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Pneumology Unit, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Pediatric Pneumology, University of Munich, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
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- University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care and Anaesthesia, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- National Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Sugino K, Ando M, Mori K, Tsuboi E. Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis presenting peripheral ground-glass opacities. Respirol Case Rep 2019; 7:e00385. [PMID: 30459948 PMCID: PMC6232946 DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of peripheral ground-glass opacities.
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- Keishi Sugino
- Department of Respiratory MedicineJizankai Medical Fundation Tsuboi Cancer Center HospitalKoriyamaJapan
- Department of Respiratory MedicineToho University Omori Medical CenterTokyoJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineJizankai Medical Fundation Tsuboi Cancer Center HospitalKoriyamaJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineJizankai Medical Fundation Tsuboi Cancer Center HospitalKoriyamaJapan
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineJizankai Medical Fundation Tsuboi Cancer Center HospitalKoriyamaJapan
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Soyez B, Borie R, Menard C, Cadranel J, Chavez L, Cottin V, Gomez E, Marchand-Adam S, Leroy S, Naccache JM, Nunes H, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Savale L, Tazi A, Wemeau-Stervinou L, Debray MP, Crestani B. Rituximab for auto-immune alveolar proteinosis, a real life cohort study. Respir Res 2018; 19:74. [PMID: 29695229 PMCID: PMC5918901 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0780-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Whole lung lavage is the current standard therapy for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) that is characterized by the alveolar accumulation of surfactant. Rituximab showed promising results in auto-immune PAP (aPAP) related to anti-GM-CSF antibody. Methods We aimed to assess efficacy of rituximab in aPAP in real life and all patients with aPAP in France that received rituximab were retrospectively analyzed. Results Thirteen patients were included. No patients showed improvement 6 months after treatment, but, 4 patients (30%) presented a significant decrease of alveolar-arterial difference in oxygen after 1 year. One patient received lung transplantation and one patient was lost of follow-up within one year. Although a spontaneous improvement cannot be excluded in these 4 patients, improvement was more frequent in patients naïve to prior specific therapy and with higher level of anti-GM-CSF antibodies evaluated by ELISA. No serious adverse event was evidenced. Conclusions These data do not support rituximab as a second line therapy for patients with refractory aPAP.
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- Berenice Soyez
- Service de Pneumologie A, DHU FIRE, centre de référence constitutif des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, 46 rue Henri Huchard 75877 Paris CEDEX, 18, Paris, France.,OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpetrière, APHP, Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie A, DHU FIRE, centre de référence constitutif des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, 46 rue Henri Huchard 75877 Paris CEDEX, 18, Paris, France. .,OrphaLung, Lyon, France. .,INSERM, Unité 1152, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
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- Service d'Immunologie, Thérapie Cellulaire et Hématopoïèse, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre de référence constitutif des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Tenon, APHP, Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie, Centre de compétences des maladies pulmonaires rares, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre national de référence des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre de compétences des maladies pulmonaires rares CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre de compétences des maladies pulmonaires raresCHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,FHU Oncoage, Service de Pneumologie, Centre de compétence des maladies pulmonaires rares, Université Côte d'Azur, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre de référence constitutif des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Tenon, APHP, Paris, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre de référence constitutif des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre de compétence des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
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- Service de Pneumologie, Centre de référence de l'hypertension pulmonaire, Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, APHP, Paris, France
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- OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,Service de Pneumologie, Centre de référence constitutif des maladies pulmonaires rares, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France
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- Service de Pneumologie A, DHU FIRE, centre de référence constitutif des maladies pulmonaires rares, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, 46 rue Henri Huchard 75877 Paris CEDEX, 18, Paris, France.,OrphaLung, Lyon, France.,INSERM, Unité 1152, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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Kumar A, Abdelmalak B, Inoue Y, Culver DA. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in adults: pathophysiology and clinical approach. THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE 2018; 6:554-565. [PMID: 29397349 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(18)30043-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a diffuse lung disease that results from the accumulation of lipoproteinaceous material in the alveoli and alveolar macrophages due to abnormal surfactant homoeostasis. Identification of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as an indispensable mediator of macrophage maturation and surfactant catabolism was the key discovery leading to the current understanding of the pathogenesis of most forms of PAP. Impaired GM-CSF bioavailability due to anti-GM-CSF autoimmunity is the cause of approximately 90% of adult PAP cases. Abnormal macrophage function due to endogenous or exogenous triggers, GM-CSF receptor defects, and other genetic abnormalities of surfactant production account for the remainder of causes. The usual physiological consequence of PAP is impairment of gas exchange, which can lead to dyspnoea, hypoxaemia, or even respiratory failure and death. Pulmonary fibrosis occurs occasionally in patients with PAP. For patients with moderate to severe disease, whole lung lavage is still the first-line treatment of choice. Supplemental GM-CSF is also useful, but details about indications, choice of agent, and dosing remain unclear. Other therapies, including rituximab, plasmapheresis, and lung transplantation have been described but should be reserved for refractory cases.
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- Anupam Kumar
- Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Spectrum Health-Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
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- Departments of General Anesthesiology and Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, and Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in Setting of Inhaled Toxin Exposure and Chronic Substance Abuse. Case Rep Pulmonol 2018; 2018:5202173. [PMID: 29607238 PMCID: PMC5828087 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5202173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disorder in which defects in alveolar macrophage maturation or function lead to the accumulation of proteinaceous surfactant in alveolar space, resulting in impaired gas exchange and hypoxemia. PAP is categorized into three types: hereditary, autoimmune, and secondary. We report a case of secondary PAP in a 47-year-old man, whose risk factors include occupational exposure to inhaled toxins, especially aluminum dust, the use of anabolic steroids, and alcohol abuse, which in mice leads to alveolar macrophage dysfunction through a zinc-dependent mechanism that inhibits granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) receptor signalling. Although the rarity and vague clinical presentation of PAP can pose diagnostic challenges, clinician awareness of PAP risk factors may facilitate the diagnostic process and lead to more prompt treatment.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Concise overview of the field of anticytokine autoantibodies with a focus on recent developments. RECENT FINDINGS Advances in particular in the analysis of autoantibodies to IFNγ, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and type I IFN are presented. The target epitope for anti-IFNγ autoantibodies has been found to have high homology to a protein from Aspergillus suggesting molecular mimicry as a mechanism of breaking self-tolerance. A treatment strategy using a recombinant, epitope-depleted version of IFNγ is suggested. Autoantibodies to GM-CSF are associated with disseminated Crytococcus and Nocardia infections thus expanding the spectrum of associated diseases beyond pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Detailed analysis of anti-GM-CSF autoantibody clones derived from pulmonary alveolar proteinosis patients show evidence of high somatic mutation suggesting T cell-dependent affinity maturation; full GM-CSF neutralization is achieved by synergistic binding of antibodies targeting various distinct noncross-reactive epitopes and leading to antigen sequestration and Fc-mediated clearance. Single mAbs in contrast may lead to higher GM-CSF bioavailability. Anti type I IFN-specific autoantibodies derived from autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type I patients are of extreme high affinity and negatively correlate with the incidence of type I diabetes and may be thus considered to be protective. Hypomorphic severe combined immune deficiency may be associated with complex anticytokine patterns and the emergence of anti type I IFN autoantibodies correlates with severe viral infection histories. SUMMARY Anticytokine autoantibodies may cause susceptibility to infections. In autoimmune/autoinflammatory conditions, anticytokine autoantibodies may be protective or promote disease.
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Sequential Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Inhalation after Whole-Lung Lavage for Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis. A Report of Five Intractable Cases. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017; 14:1298-1304. [DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201611-892bc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Ito S, Wakahara K, Kojima T, Takahashi N, Nishiwaki K, Yamaguchi E, Hasegawa Y. Two cases of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with rheumatoid arthritis. Allergol Int 2017; 66:507-509. [PMID: 28242199 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Gay P, Wallaert B, Nowak S, Yserbyt J, Anevlavis S, Hermant C, Lovis A, Menard O, Maitre B, Vandemoortele T, Dutau H, Briault A, Bourdin A, Vergnon JM, Froudarakis ME. Efficacy of Whole-Lung Lavage in Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: A Multicenter International Study of GELF. Respiration 2017; 93:198-206. [DOI: 10.1159/000455179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare syndrome characterized by the accumulation of surfactant in alveoli and terminal airways resulting in respiratory failure. PAP comprises part of a spectrum of disorders of surfactant homeostasis (clearance and production). The surfactant production disorders are caused by mutations in genes required for normal surfactant production. The PAP syndrome is identified based on history, radiologic, and bronchoalveolar lavage and/or histopathologic findings. The diagnosis of PAP-causing diseases in secondary PAP requires further studies. Whole-lung lavage is the current standard therapy and promising new pharmacologic therapies are in development.
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- Takuji Suzuki
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC7029, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC7029, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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Imura Y, Yukawa N, Handa T, Nakashima R, Murakami K, Yoshifuji H, Ohmura K, Ishii H, Nakata K, Mimori T. Two cases of autoimmune and secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during immunosuppressive therapy in dermatomyositis with interstitial lung disease. Mod Rheumatol 2016; 28:724-729. [PMID: 26872621 DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2016.1153443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Interstitial lung disease (ILD) with dermatomyositis often requires intensive immunosuppressive therapy. Here, we report two cases of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) in dermatomyositis with ILD. One case was secondary PAP, and the other was autoimmune PAP positive for the anti-granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor antibody. PAP arose during immunosuppressive therapy and symptoms ceased by attenuating immunosuppression. Exacerbation of pulmonary lesions during intensive immunosuppressive therapy may distinguish PAP from worsening ILD and attenuating immunosuppression should be considered.
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- b Department of Respiratory Medicine Graduate School of Medicine , Kyoto University , Sakyo-ku, Kyoto , Japan
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- a Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
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- c Department of Respiratory Medicine , Kyorin University School of Medicine , Mitaka , Japan , and
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- d Bioscience Medical Research Center , Niigata University , Chuoku, Niigata , Japan
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Anticytokine Autoantibodies: Association with Infection and Immune Dysregulation. Antibodies (Basel) 2016; 5:antib5010003. [PMID: 31557985 PMCID: PMC6698860 DOI: 10.3390/antib5010003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The association of autoantibodies to cytokines with immune deficiency, autoimmunity and/or immune dysregulation is increasingly being recognized. For example, autoantibodies to interferon gamma have been found to be associated with chronic, treatment refractory infections with intracellular organisms such as mycobacteria, autoantibodies to interleukin 17 with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, and anti-interferon alpha autoantibodies with systemic lupus erythematosus. While low titer autoantibodies to these and other cytokines may be detected in normal individuals, patients with infectious or autoimmune manifestations tend to have high titer autoantibodies that may block or potentiate the function of the respective cytokine. Recognition of these autoantibodies is important because it may direct treatment toward a combination of adjunctive immunotherapy to modulate the autoantibody level while continuing with appropriate anti-microbial therapy. This review focuses on the anti-cytokine autoantibodies documented to date, their autoimmune, immune dysregulation and infectious disease associations, methods for detection of these antibodies and potential treatment options.
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