Clarifying the relationship between pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis and Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare, smoking related, progressive diffuse cystic lung disease that occurs primarily in smokers. The aim of this study was to determine if there was an increase in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient alleles or phenotypes in a large series of PLCH patients and whether serum alpha-1 antitrypsin levels correlated with markers of disease severity. Fifty PLCH patients, 24 with a diffuse cystic lung pattern and 26 with a typical nodulo-cystic pattern on imaging were included. The mean alpha-1 antitrypsin levels were in normal range for both the population with diffuse cystic lung pattern population (1.39 g/L ± 0.37) and the nodulo-cystic pattern group (1.41 g/L ± 0.21). Deficiency alleles PiZ and PiS were 1% and 2% respectively in the entire study population of 50 patients, demonstrating no increased incidence of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in PLCH. Alpha-1 antitrypsin levels showed no correlation with lung function parameters or extent of cystic lesions on lung computed tomography.

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E-Artikel

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 16(2021), 1 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 72

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McCarthy, Cormac [VerfasserIn]
Bugnet, Emmanuelle [VerfasserIn]
Benattia, Amira [VerfasserIn]
Keane, Michael P [VerfasserIn]
Vedie, Benoit [VerfasserIn]
Lorillon, Gwenaël [VerfasserIn]
Tazi, Abdellatif [VerfasserIn]

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Alpha 1-Antitrypsin
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Date Completed 18.06.2021

Date Revised 18.06.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13023-021-01720-9

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NLM321235460