title: Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia requiring ECMO in a teenager smoking tobacco and cannabis.
abstract: We describe what we believe is an entirely novel case of a 15-year-old boy with idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia and unusual, resistant hypoxemia which necessitated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Response to corticosteroids was excellent and a full recovery was observed. Smoking cigarettes and cannabis on the day the symptoms began may have contributed to the occurrence of this rare disease.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, University Hospital La Timone-Enfants, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sauvaget
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dellamonica
authors.forename: Kévin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arlaud
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanfiorenzo
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernardin
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viard
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dubus
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone