Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP ... The condition causes substances such as fats and proteins to accumulate in the alveoli, the ‘air sacs’ of the lung, where oxygen and carbon dioxide ...
Characteristic X-Ray Film of Stage I (A), Showing Bilateral Fine Pulmonary Granularity and Air Bronchogram, and Hyaline Membranes in the Alveoli, in Hyaline Mucosal Slough in a Small Bronchus (B ...
extending into the alveoli as BOOP. For CB obliterans, the chest radiograph is often normal, there are early inspiratory crackles and there is irreversible airflow obstruction by pulmonary ...
What is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? The US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute defines it as a “serious chronic disease that affects the tissue surrounding the air sacs, or alveoli, ...
It will soon be a year since the Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 45, made the sad announcement that she suffers from the chronic disease pulmonary fibrosis.
It is just over a year since the Norwegian Royal Court announced that Crown Princess Matte-Marit, 46, had been diagnosed with chronic pulmonary fibrosis.