title: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia following recent cigarette smoking.
abstract: In this report we describe the case of an 18 year old female who presented with fever, shortness of breath, and chest pain. Chest X-ray revealed diffuse bilateral infiltrates and eosinophilia was reported from her broncholaveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. She started smoking 3 weeks prior to the onset of symptoms and based on her clinical presentation, BAL findings and dramatic improvement, acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822, USA.
authors.forename: Lokendra K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822, USA.
authors.forename: Kunal Kishor
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Jha
keywords: ARDS; Acute eosinophilic pneumonia; Bronschoscopy; Eosinophilia; Smoking