Korean J Med.  1998 Nov;55(5):956-959.

A case of pulmonary diffuse alveolar amyloidosis localized in the lung

• Park HS
• Kim HJ
• Kho YM
• Seo JY
• Chung MP
• Kwon OJ
• Rhee CH
• Han YC

Abstract

Primary pulmonary diffuse alveolar amyloidosis is a rare form among the pulmonary amyloidosis. Especially in primary form diffuse alveolar type is much more rare disease. the patient was checked simple chest X-ray for the purpose of routine screening test, he had no respiratory symptoms and signs and he had no complaint of other organ symptoms, while in chest roentgenogram it was found bilateral diffuse interstitial infiltration of the lung, but any other organs which commonly involved in amyloidosis were not involved in laboratory and other specific diagnostic procedures. We report a case of pulmonry diffuse alveolar amyloidosis only localized in lung which was confirmed by transbronchial lung biopsy.

Keyword

pulmonary diffuse alveolar amyloidosis; localized in lung

MeSH Terms

Amyloidosis*
Biopsy
Humans
Lung*
Mass Screening
Rare Diseases
Thorax