[A clinical study of 5 cases of acute eosinophilic pneumonia--the relationship between beginning to smoke and acute eosinophilic pneumonia].
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.
Kawamura
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Himeji National Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
Mochizuki
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Nakahara
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Kimoto
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Watanabe
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*