Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a patient with sarcoidosis

Key Clinical Message Steroids used to treat sarcoidosis may induce aPAP. The cooccurrence of sarcoidosis and autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) is rare. In this case, aPAP merged into sarcoidosis regardless of the disease state of sarcoidosis and improved naturally. When using steroids...

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Main Authors: Yuko Tanaka, Toshihiro Shirai, Kazuhiro Asada, Aya Muramatsu, Mineo Katsumata, Takafumi Suda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2068