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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a 10-year-old girl masquerading as tuberculosis

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare pulmonary disease. Diagnosis is established by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), which has macroscopic ‘milky appearance’, and in the presence of typical computed tomography, findings are diagnostic of PAP but, however, the feature of periodic acid–Schiff-p...

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Published in:Oxf Med Case Reports
Main Authors: Baro, Abhamoni, Shah, Ira, Chandane, Parmarth, Khosla, Indu
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455789/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069841
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omv039
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