Complete remission of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis after anti-tuberculous chemotherapy: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare respiratory system disorder. Patients with PAP are at risk for a wide variety of secondary infections. This current case report describes a patient with PAP complicated by tuberculosis. A 48-year-old male patient with multiple follow-up chest computed tomography scans that showed predominant diffuse ground glass opacity in both lung fields, presented a few years later with new calcified lesions and pleural effusion. At this point, the associated auxiliary examination indicated the possibility of PAP combined with tuberculosis infection. The patient achieved complete remission after anti-tuberculosis treatment. PAP is an easily overlooked clinical syndrome due to its low prevalence and lack of specific clinical manifestations, especially when c

SUBMITTER: Fan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9340953 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature