CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY IN A CASE OF PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS
Authors: T H SNIDER, F M WILNER, B M LEWIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Case Reports1 June 1960CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY IN A CASE OF PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSISTHOMAS H. SNIDER, M.D., FREEMAN M. WILNER, M.D., BENJAMIN M. LEWIS, M.D.THOMAS H. SNIDER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FREEMAN M. WILNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BENJAMIN M. LEWIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-6-1318 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecently a new, chronic pulmonary disease, characterized by nonspecific respiratory symptoms and specific x-ray and pathologic findings, has been described by Rosen, Castleman and Liebow.1They named the disease pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, because of the homogeneous, PAS (para-aminosalicylic acid)-positive, proteinaceous material which was found filling the alveoli of lung specimens taken at biopsy and autopsy. After extensive study of these patients, their environment and contacts, no specific etiology for this disease could be found. They postulated that it might be related to some inhalant of an unknown nature. Because their first case was observed less than five years ago, there...Bibliography1. RosenCastlemanLiebow SBA: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, New England J. Med. 258: 1123, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. MeadWhittenberger JJL: Physical properties of human lungs measured during spontaneous respiration, J. Appl. Physiol. 5: 779, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. LewisLinNoe BTFA: A rebreathing method of measuring pulmonary diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, Clin. Res. 6: 312, 1958. Google Scholar4. RussellNelson HB: Pneumocystis pneumonitis in American infants, Am. J. Clin. Path. 26: 1334, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. AustrianMcClementRenzettiDonaldRileyCournand RJAKRLA: Clinical and physiologic features of some types of pulmonary diseases with impairment of alveolar-capillary diffusion; syndrome of "alveolar-capillary block," Am. J. Med. 11: 667, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. BaderBader MERA: The alveolar-capillary block syndrome, Am. J. Med. 24: 493, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication December 6, 1958.Presented at the Sixth Annual Michigan Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians at Traverse City, Michigan, on September 20, 1958.Published in abstract form in Clinical Research, Vol. 6, No. 4, Nov. 1958.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan, and Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Thomas H. Snider, M.D., 204 West Elm Avenue, Monroe, Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byProteinosis alveolar: a proposito de tres observacionesSekundäre maligne Tumoren der Bronchien und LungenReactive Pulmonary Hypertension in Alveolar ProteinosisPulmonary alveolar proteinosisBeitrag zur Alveolarproteinose der LungenThe Diagnosis of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis by Sputum ExaminationMikrolithiasis, Amyloidose und Proteinose der LungenPulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis 1 June 1960Volume 52, Issue 6Page: 1318-1328KeywordsAlveoliHospital medicineLungsMedical servicesPeriodic acid SchiffProteinsPulmonary diseasesRespiratory physiologySarcoidosisVentilators Issue Published: 1 June 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...