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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
An infant with a family history of congenital alveolar proteinosis associated with surfactant protein B (SP-B) deficiency was identified when SP-B was not detected in amniotic fluid obtained at 37, 38, and 40 weeks of gestation. Surfactant replacement with commercially available preparations that contained SP-B was begun soon after delivery. Progressive respiratory failure developed despite continued surfactant replacement, corticosteroid therapy, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The infant died at 54 days of age while awaiting lung transplantation. Surfactant extracted from amniotic fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and lung tissue had no phosphatidylglycerol; surface tension was 24 dynes/cm (normal, < 10 dynes/cm) and did not decrease with in vitro addition of exogenous SP-B. Pulmonary vascular permeability measured with positron emission tomography was twice normal. At autopsy the alveolar proteinosis pattern was less prominent than that seen in affected siblings. Immunoreactivity of SP-B was absent in type II cells, but numerous foreign body granulomas with central immunoreactivity for SP-B and surfactant protein C were present. We conclude that exogenous surfactant replacement did not normalize surfactant composition, activity, or pulmonary vascular permeability. These findings suggest that endogenous SP-B synthesis is necessary for mature surfactant metabolism and function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
356-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Amniotic Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Capillary Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Fatal Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Fetal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Granuloma, Foreign-Body, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Hyaline Membrane Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Patient Care Planning, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Prenatal Diagnosis, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Proteolipids, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Pulmonary Surfactants, pubmed-meshheading:8071741-Tomography, Emission-Computed
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Surfactant protein B deficiency: antenatal diagnosis and prospective treatment with surfactant replacement.
pubmed:affiliation
Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri 63110.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't