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EMJ-Emirates Medical Journal. 2007; 25 (1): 65-67
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RESUMEN
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia [CEP] is a rare disease characterized by dyspnoea and cough with peripheral infiltrate in the chest x-ray and blood eosinophilia. Diagnosis is made clinically and by the presence of eosinophilic infiltrate in lung biopsy and high percentage of eosinophils in broncho alveolar lavage [BAL]. Steriods are the mainstay of therapy for CEP with rapid resolution of symptoms and radiographic findings. When treated, it carries a good prognosis with rare sequelae