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Pulmonary Function and High-Resolution CT Findings in Patients With an Inherited Form of Pulmonary Fibrosis, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, Due to Mutations in HPS-1^*

^* From the Clinical Studies Section, Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Dr. Brantly), the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, Diagnostic Radiology Department (Dr. Avila), and the Section on Human Biochemical Genetics, Heritable Disorders Branch (Drs. Shotelersuk, Huizing, and Gahl, and Ms. Lucero), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Correspondence to: William A. Gahl, MD, PhD, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1830, Building 10, Room 9S-241, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1830; e-mail: bgahl{at}helix.nih.gov

Objective: To describe and correlate pulmonary function and high-resolution CT (HRCT) scan scores in individuals with a high risk for development of pulmonary fibrosis, ie, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) patients with mutations in the HPS-1 gene.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis of consecutive, eligible patients.

Patients: Thirty-eight HPS inpatients at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center with HPS-1 mutations.

Results: Thirty-seven patients were Puerto Rican and exhibited the typical 16-base pair (bp) duplication in exon 15 of HPS-1. One non-Puerto Rican was homozygous for a different mutation (intervening sequence 17 -2 AC) previously reported in the HPS-1 gene; he died at age 35 of pulmonary insufficiency. For the 23 patients who had pulmonary symptoms, the mean age of onset was 35 years. For all 38 patients (mean age, 37 ± 2 years), the mean FVC was 71% of predicted; the mean FEV₁, 76%; mean total lung capacity (TLC), 72%; mean vital capacity (VC), 68%; and mean diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO), 72%. When patients were grouped according to the extent of their reduction in FVC, the other four pulmonary function parameters followed the FVC. Seventeen patients had abnormal chest radiographs, and 31 (82%) had abnormal HRCT scans of the chest, for which a scoring system of 0 (normal) to 3 (severe fibrosis) is presented. The mean ± SEM HRCT score for 38 patients was 1.30 ± 0.17. HRCT scores correlated inversely with FVC and DLCO.

Conclusions: Mutations in the HPS-1 gene, whether or not they involve the typical 16-bp duplication seen in Puerto Rican patients, are associated with fatal pulmonary fibrosis. In affected patients, the FVC, FEV₁, TLC, VC, and DLCO fall in concert, and this functional deficit correlates with HRCT scan evidence of progression of interstitial lung disease.

Key Words: albinism • CT scans • pulmonary fibrosis • pulmonary function tests

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