title: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a child: HRCT findings before and after bronchoalveolar lavage.
abstract: We demonstrate the high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a child before and after bronchoalveolar lavage. The CT pattern in our case differs from the pattern described in previous reports. We found a more homogeneous distribution of the pulmonary changes and a "crazy paving" pattern. High-resolution CT may be helpful in the differential diagnosis of this rare disease and in the follow-up of the pulmonary changes after bronchoalveolar lavage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zontsich
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Helbich
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wojnarovsky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eichler
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Herold
mesh_terms: D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011649:Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed