Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis due to Familial Myelodysplastic Syndrome with resolution after stem cell transplant

• Main Authors: Amjad Basheer (Author), Eduardo Messias Hirano Padrao (Author), Kangwook Huh (Author), Susan Parker (Author), Tejal Shah (Author), Daniel A. Gerardi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disease with an incidence of 0.2 cases per million. PAP has multiple causes, including autoimmune, hereditary, congenital, or secondary. The latter includes hematologic conditions and exposure to different kinds of dust. Most patients present fever...