%0 Case Reports
%T Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis and Pregnancy: A Review of the Literature and Case Presentation.
%A Cimpoca Raptis BA
%A Panaitescu AM
%A Peltecu G
%A Gica N
%A Botezatu R
%A Popescu MR
%A Macri A
%A Constantin A
%A Pavel B
%A Cimpoca Raptis BA
%A Panaitescu AM
%A Peltecu G
%A Gica N
%A Botezatu R
%A Popescu MR
%A Macri A
%A Constantin A
%A Pavel B
%A Cimpoca Raptis BA
%A Panaitescu AM
%A Peltecu G
%A Gica N
%A Botezatu R
%A Popescu MR
%A Macri A
%A Constantin A
%A Pavel B
%A Cimpoca Raptis BA
%A Panaitescu AM
%A Peltecu G
%A Gica N
%A Botezatu R
%A Popescu MR
%A Macri A
%A Constantin A
%A Pavel B
%J Medicina (Kaunas)
%V 58
%N 8
%D Jul 2022 23
%M 35893099
%F 2.948
%R 10.3390/medicina58080984
%X Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is a rare, usually autoimmune, disease, where surfactant accumulates within alveoli due to decreased clearance, causing dyspnea and hypoxemia. The disease is even more rare in pregnancy; nevertheless, it has been reported in pregnant women and can even appear for the first time during pregnancy as an asthma-like illness. Therefore, awareness is important. Similarly to many autoimmune diseases, it can worsen during pregnancy and postpartum, causing maternal and fetal/neonatal complications. This paper offers a narrative literature review of PAP and pregnancy, while illustrating a case of a pregnant patient with known PAP who developed preeclampsia in the third trimester but had an overall fortunate maternal and neonatal outcome.