Mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography

Pulmonary alveolar proteinoisis (PAP) is a rare disease characterized by accumulation of proteinaceous material in the alveolar spaces. Here, we report a case of mild dyspnea with incidental ‘crazy-paving’ pattern on chest computed tomography (CT). Further evaluation and bronchoscopy found to have P...

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Autores principales: Oudah, M, Slack, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1860443
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description Pulmonary alveolar proteinoisis (PAP) is a rare disease characterized by accumulation of proteinaceous material in the alveolar spaces. Here, we report a case of mild dyspnea with incidental ‘crazy-paving’ pattern on chest computed tomography (CT). Further evaluation and bronchoscopy found to have PAP.
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spelling pubmed-80435212021-04-21 Mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography Oudah, M Slack, D J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Pulmonary alveolar proteinoisis (PAP) is a rare disease characterized by accumulation of proteinaceous material in the alveolar spaces. Here, we report a case of mild dyspnea with incidental ‘crazy-paving’ pattern on chest computed tomography (CT). Further evaluation and bronchoscopy found to have PAP. Taylor & Francis 2021-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8043521/ /pubmed/33889337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1860443 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography
title_full Mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography
title_fullStr Mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography
title_full_unstemmed Mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography
title_short Mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography
title_sort mild dyspnea presenting as ‘crazy-paving’ on chest computed tomography
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1860443
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