title: Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during whole lung lavage in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis associated with lung cancer.
abstract: We describe a case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a male adult with lung cancer. To achieve the successful operation of lung cancer, we used percutaneous veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during whole lung lavage (WLL) of the contralateral lung. We performed successful WLL under ECMO support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea. kkh726@snu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kyung-Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Whan
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage / Q000379:methods*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011649:Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*