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Milky appearance of BAL fluid #5879

Closed pnrobinson closed 4 years ago

pnrobinson commented 4 years ago

@mgriese, @katrinknoflach

Do we need a term like this?

See

https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13023-014-0171-z

mgriese commented 4 years ago

yes, is commonly used. Return of lavage fluid characteristically has a milky apperance in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. This is due to admixture of pulmonary surfactant, which is a lipoprotein complex.

**Another (new) term may be Bloody appearance of BAL fluid Return of lavage fluid characteristically has a bloody apperance in pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage. This is due to admixture of blood, which typically increases with each consecutive lavage portion. Microscopically erythrocytes can be seen. After 24 to 48 h macrophages contain phagocytosed erythrocytes, indicating previous bleeding.

pnrobinson commented 4 years ago

added terms