[Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. An analysis of 4 cases].
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is characterized by non-specific clinical presentation, interstitial radiological signs, peripheral acini and pulmonary infiltration by eosinophils, accompanied or not by peripheral eosinophilia. Response to treatment with steroids is spectacular. We describe 4 patients with CEP, one diagnosed by response to treatment and the others by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). No patient had asthma; 1 also had peripheral eosinophilia. All received long-term treatment with steroids, and there were no relapses. Response to treatment was slow in 2 patients, but obliterans bronchiolitis with or without organizing pneumonia could not be demonstrated. We emphasize the safety and efficiency of BAL for diagnosis of CEP.
Fernández
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Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Dr. Peset Aleixandre, Valencia.
Blanquer
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R
Domínguez
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A
Herrejón
A
A
Franco
J
J
Palop
J
J
Plaza
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P
D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Neumonía eosinófila crónica. Análisis de cuatro casos.