A Case Report of Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia.

Ahn, Jin Cheoul; Choi, Woo Jin; Yang, Dae Won; Kang, Yun Kyoung; Jeon, Woo Ki; Yum, Ho Kee

doi:1996.43.5.798

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 43(5); 1996 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1996;43(5):798-804.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1996.43.5.798 Published online October 1, 1996.

A Case Report of Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia.

Jin Cheoul Ahn, Woo Jin Choi, Dae Won Yang, Yun Kyoung Kang, Woo Ki Jeon, Ho Kee Yum

¹Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea.
³Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea.

Abstract

Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is a very rare disorder of unknown etiology characterized by striking systemic and pulmonary manifestations such as fever, weight loss, dyspnea, blood eosinophilia, and fluffy peripheral opacities on chest radiograph. A number of these patients developed asthma before or with the onset of illness. The roentgenographic lesion rapidly resoluted with corticosteroid and recurrence was occasionally occured in the same location. Histopathologic features of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia include dense aggregates of eosinophils, histiocytes, and multinucleated giant cells within alveolar spaces, interstitium, and bronchioles associated with scattered lymphocytes and plasma cells. We report a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia diagnosed by clinical, radiographic, and histologic findings with review of the literature.

Key Words: Eosinophil, Pneumonia, Chronic