[A case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with atypical clinical and radiological progress].
Eosinophilic lung disease is characterised by eosinophilic infiltration of lung tissue besides peripherical blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid eosinophilia. A 48 year-old male who attended our clinics with cough and sputum lasting for 2-3 months, has been evaluated for micronodular interstitial infiltration bilaterally in all lung areas. Eosinophilia was detected in hemogram but BAL fluid was not diagnostic. Transbronchial lung parenchymal biopsy was compliant with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. No special cause has been found after evaluation and the case was accepted to be idiopathic. Because of unfamiliar clinical, radiological and pathological findings, we decided to present this case.
Sahbaz
Sibel
S
Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
Uçan
Eyüp Sabri
ES
Sevinç
Can
C
Ceylan
Emel
E
Alacacioğlu
Ahmet
A
Kargi
Aydanur
A
D001706:Biopsy; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013183:Sputum