Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and histoplasmosis: report of three cases

Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol. 1975 Nov 28;368(4):281-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00432306.

Abstract

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), in addition to acute generalized histoplasmosis, was found at autopsy of three adult males, 23, 51, and 52 years of age. All three patients became ill in the same region of Venezuela, south of Lake Maracaibo, an area considered highly endemic for histoplasmosis. The PAP may be due to an environmental factor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex / pathology
  • Adult
  • Histoplasmosis / complications*
  • Histoplasmosis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / complications*
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / etiology
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / pathology
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Tropical Climate