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Results: We evaluated 12 patients (8 of whom were women). The mean age was 41 \u00b1 15 years. Most of the patients were diagnosed by means of BAL and transbronchial biopsy. The mean number of WLLs performed per patient was 2.8 \u00b1 2.5. One third of the patients never underwent WLL. Four patients (33.3%) had associated infections (cryptococcosis, in 2; nocardiosis, in 1; and tuberculosis, in 1), and 2 (16.6%) died: 1 due to lepidic adenocarcinoma and 1 due to complications during anesthesia prior to WLL. When we compared baseline data with those obtained at the end of the follow-up period, there were no significant differences in the functional data, although there was a trend toward an increase in SpO2. The median follow-up period was 45 months (range, 1-184 months). The 5-year survival rate was 82%.  Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the largest case series of patients with PAP ever conducted in Brazil. The survival rate was similar to that found at other centers. 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