title: [Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. An analysis of 4 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Dr. Peset Aleixandre, Valencia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blanquer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domínguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrejón
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palop
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plaza
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Neumonía eosinófila crónica. Análisis de cuatro casos.