Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis developing during steroid treatment in a patient with organizing pneumonia in association with atypical chronic myeloid leukemia

Organizing pneumonia (OP) and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) are rare complications in patients with hematologic disorders. We herein report a case of PAP that developed during steroid treatment for OP in a patient with atypical chronic myeloid leukemia. Physicians should pay close attention t...

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Autores principales: Hosoda, Chiaki, Saito, Keisuke, Fujimoto, Shota, Yamanaka, Yumie, Watanabe, Naoaki, Miyagawa, Hanae, Kurita, Yusuke, Seki, Yoshitaka, Kinoshita, Akira, Endo, Yasuhiko, Kuwano, Kazuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2014
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Sumario:Organizing pneumonia (OP) and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) are rare complications in patients with hematologic disorders. We herein report a case of PAP that developed during steroid treatment for OP in a patient with atypical chronic myeloid leukemia. Physicians should pay close attention to these complications in patients with hematologic malignancies.

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