A Case of Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia.

Lee, Ki Hoon; Cho, Chul Ho; Koh, Kwang Kon; Moon, Tai Hoon; Jang, Dong Seob; Park, Chan Sup; Kim, Jin Joo; Kim, Joon Mee

doi:1995.42.1.99

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(1):99-104.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.1.99 Published online February 1, 1995.

A Case of Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia.

Ki Hoon Lee, Chul Ho Cho, Kwang Kon Koh, Tai Hoon Moon, Dong Seob Jang, Chan Sup Park, Jin Joo Kim, Joon Mee Kim

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University, College of Medicine, Sungnam, Korea.
²Department of Radiology, Inha University, College of Medicine, Sungnam, Korea.
³Department of Clinical Pathology, Inha University, College of Medicine, Sungnam, Korea.
⁴Department of Anatomical Pathology, Inha University, College of Medicine, Sungnam, Korea.

Abstract

Most cases of eosinophilic pneumonia reported previously have followed a chronic course. The case presented here was acute in onset, suggesting a acute eosinophilic pneumonia. A model of criteria for acute and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia was made by Umeki in 1992. A previously healthy young man presented with cough, sputum, fever, and multiple small nodules on the chest radiograph. We confirmed eosinophilic pneumonia with bronchoalveolar lavage analysis and transbronchial lung biopsy. This case examplifies the recently descrived acute eosinophilic pneumonia.

Key Words: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia, Chest high-resolution CT, Bronchoalveolar lavage, Transbronchial lung biopsy