title: [A clinical study of 5 cases of acute eosinophilic pneumonia--the relationship between beginning to smoke and acute eosinophilic pneumonia].
abstract: We encountered 5 cases of acute eosinophilic pneumonia. All cases were young men who had recently begun smoking, and they showed an acute onset hypoxemia, diffuse shadows on chest X-ray, an elevation of eosinophils in the peripheral blood and broncho-alveolar lavage fluid, and rapid recovery. One of the 5 cases showed a re-elevation of eosinophils in the peripheral blood and broncho-alveolar lavage fluid after a smoking challenge test. It appears that one of the causes of acute eosinophilic pneumonia is beginning to smoke.
authors.affiliation: Himeji National Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*