Serena Casanova Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; Respiratory Medicine, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Silvia Puglisi Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Carlo Gurioli Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; Department of Disease of the Thorax, Azienda AUSL Romagna, Ravenna, Italy
Christian Gurioli Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Stefano Maitan Section of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery, G.B. Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Sabrina Martinello Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Fabio Sultani Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Claudia Ravaglia Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy
Venerino Poletti Department of Diseases of the Thorax, G.B Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Respiratory Diseases & Allergy, Aarhus University, Aarhus (DK)
DOI: 10.36166/2531-4920-528
Whole lung lavage (WLL) is an invasive and safe procedure used for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP). Despite the scientific progress achieved in terms of therapy, WLL remains the gold standard in PAP and could be also applied in other diseases. Here we present a retrospective data collection of 5 patients who underwent to WLL, four suffered from PAP and one suffered from type B Niemann-Pick disease.