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Vol. 38. Issue 4.
Pages 191-193 (April 2002)
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Vol. 38. Issue 4.
Pages 191-193 (April 2002)
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Eficacia terapéutica del GM-CSF en la proteinosis alveolar pulmonar
Therapeutic efficacy of GM-CSF in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
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O. Acosta
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Correspondencia: Sección de Neumología. Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelera. Carretera del Rosario, s/n. 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
, I. Marañésa, A. Pérez, A.I. Hernández, M.D. Bello, Y. López
Servicios de Neumología y Medicina Interna. Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. Tenerife
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La proteinosis alveolar pulmonar es una rara enfermedad caracterizada por el depósito de material lipoproteináceo en los espacios alveolares. El único tratamiento efectivo conocido hasta ahora ha sido el lavado pulmonar periódico, técnica laboriosa que exige la anestesia general del paciente, la intubación endotraqueobronquial selectiva y no se halla exenta de morbilidad. Los avances en el conocimiento de la patogénesis de esta enfermedad han permitido relacionarla con alteraciones en la capacidad fagocítica macrofágica alveolar. Describimos un caso en el que después de ocho semanas de tratamiento con GM-CSF por vía subcutánea se obtuvo una significativa mejoría clínica-radiológica y funcional respiratoria

Palabras clave:
Proteinosis alveolar pulmonar
Lavado pulmonar total
GM-CSF

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease characterized by the deposit of lipid-rich proteinaceous material in alveolar spaces. The only effective treatment known to date has been periodic alveolar lavage, a technique that is laborious and requires that the patient be under general anesthesia, with selective endotracheal-bronchial intubation. Complications are not unknown. Progress in our understandint of the pathogenesis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis has shown it to be related to changes it to be related to changes in alveolar macrophagocytic capability. We describe a patient in whom 8 weeks of subdermal GM-CSF treatment led to significant clinical, radiologic and lung function improvement

Keywords:
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Whole pulmonary lavage
GM-CSF
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