Retrospective cohort study assessed diagnosis and management of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in 16 Danish patients, highlighting key clinical features and therapy responses.
Key Points
Patients showed a median age at diagnosis of 49.5 years, and 62.5% were male.
High-resolution CT and bronchoalveolar lavage cytology were essential for diagnosis in this cohort.
Retrospective cohort analysis was conducted at Aarhus University Hospital from 2006 to 2023.
Management approaches included whole-lung lavage and inhaled GM-CSF therapy, aligning with recent guidelines.
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Rønnov-Jessen et al. (2025) studied this question.