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ReviewInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2026

Secondary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Complicated by Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Patient with Adult-onset Still's disease: A Case-based Review.

Tokio Katakura, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Yusho Ishii, Hiroko Sato, Yuri Yamamoto, Koji Murakami, Tsuyoshi Miura, Hiroshi Fujii

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Review in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Tokio KatakuraDepartment of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, Japan.
Tsuyoshi ShiraiDepartment of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, Japan.
Yusho IshiiDepartment of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, Japan.
Hiroko SatoDepartment of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, Japan.
Yuri YamamotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Koji MurakamiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Tsuyoshi MiuraDepartment of Pathology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, Japan.
Hiroshi FujiiDepartment of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital Sendai, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (SPAP) focuses on managing the underlying disease, typically myelodysplastic syndrome. However, immunosuppressive therapy may worsen the condition in autoimmune disease-associated SPAP. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with hemophagocytic syndrome and adult-onset Still's disease, who developed ground-glass opacities and consolidations during immunosuppressive treatment. SPAP was confirmed by a biopsy and negative for anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibodies. Although whole-lung lavage was considered if SPAP worsened significantly, no further deterioration was observed with tapering of prednisolone. A literature review and details of this case highlight the importance of attenuating immunosuppressive therapy, rather than its intensification, for SPAP in autoimmune diseases.

Indexed as

Lymphohistiocytosis, HemophagocyticPulmonary Alveolar ProteinosisStill's Disease, Adult-OnsetAgedFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsPrednisoloneImmunosuppressive AgentsPrednisolonehemophagocytic syndromeimmunosuppressive therapypulmonary alveolar proteinosis

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PMID40603093
PMCPMC12900591

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