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Table 1 Characteristics of Patients with secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in Peking Union Medical College Hospital

From: Secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a single-center retrospective study (a case series and literature review)

 

Gender

Age

Smoking

Clinical Symptoms

Diagnostic Procedure

Primary Disease

PaO2

mmHg

1

Male

38

Current

Weight loss, weakness, night sweats

BALF

MDS-MLD

64.1

2

Female

26

Never

Fever, productive cough

CT guided percutaneous lung biopsy

TB

94.5

3

Male

20

Current

Exertional dyspnea, dry cough

Surgical biopsy

CML

97.4

4

Male

26

Never

Weakness, fever

BALF+TBLB

MDS-SLD

NA

5

Male

37

Never

Dyspnea, dry cough

BALF

MDS-U

48

6

Male

33

Never

Fever, weight loss, weakness

Surgical biopsy

MDS-EB

34.6

7

Male

56

Never

Fever, dry cough

VATS

TB

84.1

8

Female

54

Never

Weight loss,weakness, fever

CT guided percutaneous lung biopsy

TB

39

9

Female

51

Never

Dyspnea, productive cough

BALF

TB

35.6

 

CT Scan Features

Comorbidity/Complication

Treatment

Outcomes

1

diffused bilateral GGO

None

WLL, Danazol, Retinoic acid,

Die

2

bilateral GGO patchy geographic pattern, interlobular septal thickening,small scattered nodules

Hepatitis

INH, RIF, EMB, Levofloxacin

Recovery

3

bilateral GGO patchy geographic pattern, bilateral cysts

None

Hydroxyurea

NA

4

diffused bilateral GGO, small nodules

Type B viral hepatitis

Prednisone

Die

5

bilateral GGO with a crazy paving pattern,enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes

Mycobacterium cheloneiinfection

Antibiotics, traditional medicine

Die

6

diffused bilateral GGO, interlobular septal thickening,small scattered nodules

Hospital acquired pneumonia

Danazol, Retinoic acid, WLL

Die

7

bilateral GGO with a crazy paving pattern, interlobular septal thickening

None

INH, RIF, EMB,Clarithromycin, Oxifloxacin

Improved

8

diffused bilateral GGO, small scattered nodules

None

INH, RIF, EMB,Rifapentine

Stable

9

diffused bilateral GGO, septal thickening

Thrombopenia, Sjogren’s syndrome

INH, RIF, EMB,Levofloxacin, WLL

Improved

  1. BALF broncho-alverolar lavage fluid, CML chronic myelogenousleukemia;EMB ethambutol, GGO ground-glass opacities, INH isonicotinic acid hydrazide, MDS myelodysplastic syndrome(SLD:single lineage dysplasia; MLD: multilineage dysplasia; EB: excess blasts; U: unclassifiable), NA not available, RIF rifampicine, TB tuberculosis, TBLB transbronchial lung biopsy, VATS via video-assisted thoracic surgery, WLL whole lung lavage