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Medicina (Buenos Aires)
versión impresa ISSN 0025-7680versión On-line ISSN 1669-9106
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MENGA, Guillermo; GIRBAL, Melina S.; MONTOTO PIAZZA, Luciana y FERNANDEZ, Martin E.. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and spontaneous pneumothorax. Just a coincidence?. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2020, vol.80, n.5, pp.473-478. ISSN 0025-7680.
Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is one of the most common inherited disorders with a higher incidence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Its prevalence in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax is unknown. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of AAT deficiency in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. This was a prospective cross-sectional study, in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax, where those with secondary pneumothorax were excluded. Quantification of serum AAT by nephelometry and subsequent rapid genotyping (real time PCR) was performed, in order to detect the most prevalent deficiency alleles (Z and S) in those subjects with serum AAT concentrations ≤ 120 mg/dl. Fifty-eight patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax were included. The average age was 34 ± 13 years with male predominance (72%) and high prevalence of current and past smoking (60%). Twenty six percent of them (95% CI: 15-39) presented AAT serum concentrations ≤ 120mg/dl. We found 7 deficiency variants (12%; IC 95%: 5-23%). One patient presented a severe Pi*ZZ form (1.7%), 3 were heterozygotes Z (5.2%) and 3 heterozygotes S (5.2%). The prevalence of AAT deficient variants was high in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax.
Palabras clave : Pneumothorax; Spontaneous; Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; Prevalence.