title: [Two cases of pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma with multiple nodular shadows].
abstract: We encountered two rare cases of pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma with multiple nodular shadows in both lungs. The patient in case 1 was a 54-year-old man complaining of dry cough and chest pain. He had smoked 20 cigarettes a day for 36 years. The patient in case 2 was a 37-year-old woman complaining of dry cough. She had smoked 15 cigarettes a day for 20 years. Chest radiography and CT revealed multiple nodular shadows in both lungs. Diagnosis was made by open lung biopsy in case 1 and by percutaneous lung biopsy in case 2. After smoking cessation, symptoms improved markedly and the shadows in the chest radiographs and CT disappeared. In cases of bilateral multiple nodular shadows, other than metastatic lung tumor cases, pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Toneyama National Hospital, 5-1-1, Toneyama, Osaka, 560-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanibuchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitada
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography