title: [Lobar restricted nodular form of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis].
abstract: A case report of a 53-year-old man with lobar restricted pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is presented. The way from an accidental X-ray examination until the final histological diagnosis of the specimen taken at operation is followed. Typical diagnostic pitfalls are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011649:Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Lobär begrenzte noduläre Form einer pulmonalen Alveolarproteinose.