Usui Y, Takayama S, Nakayama M, Miura H, Kimula Y
Department of Internal Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Japan.
Intern Med. 1992 Mar;31(3):422-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.422.
A case of severe pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) with interstitial involvement, mediastinal lymphadenopathy and an elevation of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and the serum is presented. Alveolar macrophages may play a major role in these rare and seemingly unrelated findings.
本文报告一例严重的肺泡蛋白沉积症(PAP),伴有间质受累、纵隔淋巴结肿大,支气管肺泡灌洗(BAL)液和血清中的癌胚抗原(CEA)升高。肺泡巨噬细胞可能在这些罕见且看似无关的表现中起主要作用。