ArticleRespirology case reports2021
Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with a history of vaping and vitamin E-positive bronchoalveolar lavage.
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- Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: Rethinking Surfactant Homeostasis Through Alveolar Macrophage Lipid-Handling Dysfunction.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026Review
- A diagnostic dilemma: autoimmune pulmonary alveolar Proteinosis unmasked by vaping-induced lung injury.Oxford medical case reports · 2026Article
- A case of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a patient with chronic nicotine vaping exposure.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2026Article
- Nicotine or marijuana vaping exposure during pregnancy and altered immune responses in offspring.Journal of environmental exposure assessment · 2024Article
- Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with a history of vaping and vitamin E-positive bronchoalveolar lavage.Respirology case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) can be due to primary autoimmune and secondary causes, including e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury. We present a 33-year-old male presenting with PAP and a history of vaping. Serum anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibodies were present. Vitamin E (VE), but not VE acetate, was detected in bronchoalveolar lavage. This is the first report of potential association between vaping and autoimmune PAP.
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