A case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia / 천식및알레르기
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
;
: 498-503, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-56742
ABSTRACT
Acute eosinophilic pneumonia(AEP) was first described in 1989 and represents a clinical entity distinct from chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. AEP is characterized by acute respiratory insufficiency, hypoxemia, fever, diffuse radiographic infiltrates, and eosinophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or lung biopsies in the absence of infection, atopy, or asthma. Rapid response to corticosteroids is characteristic. We experienced a 47-year-old metal driller presenting typical clinical and radiological characteristics of AEP. We confirmed eosinophilic pneumonia with brochoalveolar lavage analysis and transbronchial lung biopsy. We report a case of AEP diagnosed by clinical, radiographic, and histologic findings with a brief review of the literature.
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Eosinophilia
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Respiratory Insufficiency
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Asthma
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Biopsy
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Eosinophilia
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Eosinophils
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Fever
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Therapeutic Irrigation
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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