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Interstitial Lung Disease in Adulthood Associated with Surfactant Protein C Gene Mutation in a Patient with a History of Lipoid Pneumonia in Infancy.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Sept 2023
Furukawa Tsuguhiro, Akaike Kimitaka, Iyama Shinji, Masunaga Aiko, Tomita Yusuke, Saeki Sho, Ichiyasu Hidenori, Sakagami Takuro
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the surfactant protein C gene (SFTPC) are responsible for hereditary interstitial lung disease (ILD), which is a rare disease. We herein report a patient with a clinical history of endogenous lipoid pneumonia in infancy who developed diffuse progressive pulmonary fibrosis in adulthood associated with SFTPC mutations. A surgical lung biopsy and genetic sequencing revealed fibrotic interstitial...
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