title: [Value of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary involvement in storage diseases].
abstract: A 17 years old female with hepatosplenomegaly and pulmonary infiltrates since the age of four is presented. Sea-blue histiocyte disease, a sphingolipidosis, was diagnosed by liver biopsy, bone marrow aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage. The relevance of bronchoalveolar lavage as a diagnostic method in cases of systemic diseases with pulmonary involvement is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Respiratorias de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vargas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology*; D012618:Sea-Blue Histiocyte Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Valor del lavado broncoalveolar en el diagnostico de las enfermedades de deposito con compromiso pulmonar.