Ohdama S, Akagawa S, Matsubara O, Yoshizawa Y
First Dept of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Eur Respir J. 1996 Jul;9(7):1569-71. doi: 10.1183/09031936.96.09071569.
We report an extremely rare case of primary diffuse alveolar septal amyloidosis associated with multiple cysts and calcification. Development of multiple cysts may have resulted from fragile alveolar walls, as a consequence of amyloid deposition both on alveolar walls and around capillaries.