title: [A case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia with acute onset of dyspnea].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Disease, Daido Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Majima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niimi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*