Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Synonyms

Alveolar Proteinoses, Pulmonary

Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary

Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar

Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinoses

A PULMONARY ALVEOLI-filling disease, characterized by dense phospholipoproteinaceous deposits in the alveoli, cough, and DYSPNEA. This disease is often related to, congenital or acquired, impaired processing of PULMONARY SURFACTANTS by alveolar macrophages, a process dependent on GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR.