Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a 67-year-old woman with wegener's granulomatosis

Shiwan K. Shah; Nghi B. Phan; Geetinder Goyal; Gulshan Sharma

doi:10.1007/s11606-010-1433-7

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a 67-year-old woman with wegener's granulomatosis

Shiwan K. Shah, Nghi B. Phan, Geetinder Goyal, Gulshan Sharma

Internal Medicine

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Abstract

Mycophenolate mofetil (MM) is commonly used in patients with autoimmune diseases or who have undergone transplantation. Common side effects of MM include anemia, leukopenia, mucositis and opportunistic infections. We report an unusual case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) in a 67-year-old woman on MM for Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). PAP is a disease characterized by defects in macrophage-mediated processing of surfactants, leading to accumulation of periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive lipoproteinaceous material within the alveolar spaces.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1105-1108
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of general internal medicine
Volume	25
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1433-7
State	Published - Oct 2010

Keywords

Mycophenolate mofetil (MM)
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP)
Wegener's granulomatosis (WG)

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