A case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia confused with covid-19 pneumonia

ABSTRACT

The etiology of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is not precisely known, although its characteristic features include eosinophilia, involving alveoli or blood;subacute or chronic respiratory and general symptoms;while chest radiological imaging shows peripheral pulmonary infiltrates. Many cases of pneumonia associated with the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) were detected in Wuhan, China starting in December 2019. HRCT is a highly sensitive and convenient screening tool for 2019-nCoV. The radiological appearance of the new coronavirus pneumonia is not very different from that of the common viral pneumonia, but it has some unique features. It usually manifests with patchy or punctuate opacities resembling ground glass (85.7%), and patchy consolidation (19.0%), and the lesions are mainly located in the subpleural area. Here we present a case of CEP who presented with shortness of breath, cough, fever, and a clinical and radiological picture similar to COVID-19.