[A case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia with acute onset of dyspnea].
A 16-year-Old boy was admitted with acute onset of fever, cough, and dyspnea. Chest radiography showed diffuse infiltrated shadow and right pleural effusion. BALF revealed a high level of eosinophils (56.8%), and TBLB specimen showed infiltration of inflammatory cells, chiefly eosinophils. Symptoms and radiographic findings resolved spontaneously within a few days after admission. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia was diagnosed as in the case reported by Allen et al. However, the present patient had a high IgE level and history of atopic allergic rhinitis. In more than one third of previously reported cases in Japan, there was a history of atopy, unlike in Allen's report.
Iijima
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N
Department of Respiratory Disease, Daido Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Yoshikawa
K
K
Majima
K
K
Niimi
T
T
Akita
Y
Y
Ina
Y
Y
Sato
S
S
Kawaguchi
H
H
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*