title: [A CASE OF EOSINOPHILIC BRONCHIOLITIS COMPLICATED WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AND CHRONIC EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA].
abstract: A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of wheezing and dyspnea. Chest computed tomography showed ground-glass opacity and some centrilobular nodules. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia complicated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was diagnosed on the basis of bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilia and blood findings. However, based on the clinical course, the patient was suspected to have eosinophilic bronchiolitis. This case suggests the possibility that eosinophilic inflammation can occur concomitantly in the central airway and distal airway.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Fukui Hospital.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Chisato
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Honjou
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anzai
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ameshima
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*