Usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in the diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. 2022

N Kadota, and N Nakahira, and M Miyauchi, and K Naruse, and E Takeuchi, and T Shinohara
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi 780-8077, Japan.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011649 Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis A PULMONARY ALVEOLI-filling disease, characterized by dense phospholipoproteinaceous deposits in the alveoli, cough, and DYSPNEA. This disease is often related to, congenital or acquired, impaired processing of PULMONARY SURFACTANTS by alveolar macrophages, a process dependent on GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR. Alveolar Proteinoses, Pulmonary,Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary,Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar,Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar,Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinoses
D001992 Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Washing liquid obtained from irrigation of the lung, including the BRONCHI and the PULMONARY ALVEOLI. It is generally used to assess biochemical, inflammatory, or infection status of the lung. Alveolar Lavage Fluid,Bronchial Lavage Fluid,Lung Lavage Fluid,Bronchial Alveolar Lavage Fluid,Lavage Fluid, Bronchial,Lavage Fluid, Lung,Pulmonary Lavage Fluid,Alveolar Lavage Fluids,Bronchial Lavage Fluids,Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids,Lavage Fluid, Alveolar,Lavage Fluid, Bronchoalveolar,Lavage Fluid, Pulmonary,Lavage Fluids, Alveolar,Lavage Fluids, Bronchial,Lavage Fluids, Bronchoalveolar,Lavage Fluids, Lung,Lavage Fluids, Pulmonary,Lung Lavage Fluids,Pulmonary Lavage Fluids
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018893 Bronchoalveolar Lavage Washing out of the lungs with saline or mucolytic agents for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It is very useful in the diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patients. Bronchial Lavage,Lung Lavage,Bronchioalveolar Lavage,Bronchopulmonary Lavage,Lavage, Bronchopulmonary,Bronchial Lavages,Bronchioalveolar Lavages,Bronchoalveolar Lavages,Bronchopulmonary Lavages,Lavage, Bronchial,Lavage, Bronchioalveolar,Lavage, Bronchoalveolar,Lavage, Lung,Lavages, Bronchial,Lavages, Bronchioalveolar,Lavages, Bronchoalveolar,Lavages, Bronchopulmonary,Lavages, Lung,Lung Lavages

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