[Successful treatment of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with suplatast tosilate].
The patient was a 59-year-old woman who complained of coughing, sputum production, and dyspnea. Abnormal moving shadows were found by chest radiography. There was prolonged eosinophilia in blood. Eosinophilia was also found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and examination of a specimen obtained by transbronchial lung biopsy revealed eosinophil infiltration in alveolar septal walls, which led to a diagnosis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. Because of an attack of bronchial asthma and a high level of IL-5 in serum on admission, the patient was given suplatast tosilate. Symptoms were relieved, eosinophil counts in blood and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid decreased, and the radiographic abnormality disappeared. The patient was not treated with steroids, and there has been no reccurrence to date, one year after discharge.
Kusumoto
H
H
First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
Mizuno
K
K
Yonemaru
M
M
Nakano
M
M
Ichinose
Y
Y
Toyama
K
K
D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001190:Arylsulfonates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013452:Sulfonium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents; D001190:Arylsulfonates; D013452:Sulfonium Compounds; C073028:suplatast tosilate