[A case of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with eosinophilic pneumonia with unusual shadows].
A 31-year-old woman who had been diagnosed as having idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura at her first delivery (July, 1991) was admitted to our hospital on 17 July, 1992 for dry cough and abnormal chest shadow. Chest CT showed a hemisphere-like shadow in the left upper lung field. The TBLB specimen showed a mild eosinophilic pneumonia. When the patient was observed without medications, a ring-like shadow appeared newly in the right middle field and the both shadows became gradually wider and lighter. Cases of eosinophilic pneumonia showing such shadows are considered to be very rare and interesting.
Kawasaki
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Takano
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A
Mizushima
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Y
Morinaga
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S
Ohta
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T
Kobayashi
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M
Kitagawa
M
M
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed