Hereditary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

What it is

A rare, genetic, interstitial lung disease due to mutations in the CSF2R (colony-stimulating factor 2 receptor) alpha or beta subunits and characterized by alveolar accumulation of pulmonary surfactant, presenting a highly variable clinical presentation, ranging from asymptomatic to severe respiratory failure. Characteristic lung biopsy findings include periodic acid-Schiff-positive, granular eosinophilic material, enlarged foamy alveolar macrophages, and well-preserved alveolar walls. The Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) receptor function is impaired but GM-CSF receptor autoantibodies are absent.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Adolescent, Adult, Childhood, Elderly, Infancy

Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

Genes

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Cross-references