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Department of Pulmonology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Mohammed VI, Arrazi Hospital, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Marrakech, Laboratoire de Recherche Morpho Sciences, Université Cadi Ayyad (FMPM, Labo LRMS, UCA), Marrakech, MAR.
Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung condition characterized by the accumulation of surfactant proteins within the alveoli, leading to respiratory distress. We describe a 49-year-old female homemaker with a history of passive smoking and exposure to wood smoke and pigeon droppings. She presented with a dry cough and progressive dyspnea, experiencing significant deterioration in her condition over one year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLocalized Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a malnourished, non-HIV-infected man in the absence of any established or diagnosed immunosuppressive condition: a case report.
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Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Pneumocystis jirovecii infection primarily targets immunocompromised individuals, but a case is reported in a relatively healthy 46-year-old man with no history of such conditions.
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Tirofiban-induced diffuse alveolar haemorrhage.
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Cardiology, Aster MIMS Hospital, Kannur, Kerala, India.
A middle-aged man presented with inferior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction and underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention with tirofiban administered due to extensive thrombus. He developed sudden-onset dyspnoea, bilateral crepitations, haemoptysis, desaturation and hypotension an hour after starting tirofiban infusion. The tirofiban, antiplatelet medications and heparin were stopped immediately.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacillus megaterium infection presenting as pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, a case report.
BMC Infect Dis
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Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
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- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is usually linked to autoimmune disorders, but this case highlights a rare instance caused by an infection from Bacillus megaterium.
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Case Report: The first reported case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with myasthenia gravis in a 27-year-old patient.
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May 2024
Pneumology Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Montfleury, Tunis, 1008, Tunisia.
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a very rare diffuse lung disease characterized by the accumulation of amorphous and periodic acid Schiff-positive lipoproteinaceous material in the alveolar spaces due to impaired surfactant clearance by alveolar macrophages. Three main types were identified: Autoimmune, secondary and congenital. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis has been previously reported to be associated with several systemic auto-immune diseases.
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