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Lung Transplant Recipient with Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
- Source :
- Case Reports in Transplantation.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016.
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Abstract
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a progressive lung disease characterized by accumulated surfactant-like lipoproteinaceous material in the alveoli and distal bronchioles. This accumulation is the result of impaired clearance by alveolar macrophages. PAP has been described in 11 solid organ transplant recipients, 9 of whom were treated with mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors. We report a case of a lung transplant recipient treated with prednisone, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and tacrolimus who ultimately developed PAP, which worsened when MMF was replaced with everolimus.
- Subjects :
- Article Subject
respiratory system
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20906943
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Transplantation
- Accession number :
- edsair.hindawi.publ..ecbef9699d7b9d064b0fbf6ea8dbf076
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4628354