Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: a Long Way to Correct Diagnosis Problems of Diagnostics and Therapy in Routine Practice
2014
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis is a rare disease with unknown etiology that is due to an ab- normal surfactant metabolism. Retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of 68 patients with PAP who were seen at Pulmonology Clinic of Pavlov State Medical University from 1977-2013 was performed. The mean time since first abnormalities were found until diagnosis establishment was 34 months. During that time, most patients were treated with antibiotics, tuberculostatics, glucocorticoids, and immunosupres- sants. The most effective PAP treatment method was found to be whole lung lavage procedure: 82% of patients showed improvement after its implementation. Delayed diagnosis and incorrect administration of antibiotics, tuberculostatics etc. reduce the probability of a long symptom-free period after lung lavage and spontaneous resolution of the disease.
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