1/154. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) belongs to a group of syndromes manifested by pulmonary infiltrates with peripheral eosinophilia (PIE syndromes). The role of the eosinophil as a destructive agent in CEP is discussed. The degree of manifested eosinophilia at the time of diagnosis, the frequency of relapses of pneumonia, the response to steroid therapy, the status of current physical and x-ray findings, and especially the trend in pulmonary function data, all appear to be critical factors in determining the potential mortality risk of CEP cases.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/154. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with pleural effusion.The case history of a 77-year-old lady with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is presented. The diagnosis was difficult due to the simultaneous presence of a pleural effusion and congestive heart failure. Radiological findings and treatment are discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/154. Eosinophilic pneumonia with eosinophilic gastroenteritis.A 48-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with cough, fever and dysphagia. He had a past history of bronchial asthma and surgery for nasal polyp. Chest radiograph and computed tomography showed atelectasis in the right lower field and infiltrative shadow in the left lower field and overall thickening of the esophageal wall. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) specimens revealed infiltration of eosinophils and lymphocytes under the bronchial mucosa. gastrointestinal tract biopsy specimens showed submucosal infiltration of eosinophils. These findings led to a definite diagnosis of eosinophilic pneumonia associated with eosinophilic gastroenteritis, a disease which has been rarely reported.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/154. Steroid-refractory neonatal eosinophilic pneumonia responsive to cyclosporin A.Idiopathic neonatal eosinophilic pneumonia is extremely rare. We report an infant who presented with tachypnea and interstitial infiltrates on chest radiograph at age 2 wk. lung biopsy revealed perivascular and interstitial eosinophils. Despite initial improvement, the patient's condition became resistant to corticosteroids, cromolyn, and intravenous gamma globulin. After treatment with cyclosporin A his symptoms resolved.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/154. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with shock.OBJECTIVE: To describe an unusual case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) associated with hemodynamic instability. DESIGN: Case report, clinical. SETTINGS: Tertiary care intensive care unit (ICU). PATIENT: A single patient admitted to the ICU. INTERVENTIONS: Intravenous corticosteroids. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Resolution of distributive shock and respiratory failure. CONCLUSIONS: AEP with respiratory failure was first reported in 1989 as a distinct clinical entity. patients with this variant of eosinophilic lung disease develop acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with a rapid response to treatment with corticosteroids, The characteristic feature of this syndrome is a predominance of eosinophils found in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung biopsy. Despite the increasing number of reported cases, to our knowledge, distributive shock has not been reported as a feature of AEP. We report a unique case of AEP associated with shock and review the pertinent literature.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/154. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with antidepressant agents.Acute eosinophilic pneumonia is a severe syndrome characterized by fever, lung infiltrates, blood eosinophilia and respiratory failure. We describe a case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with clomipramine and sertraline. A 40-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with 37.9 degrees C and respiratory rate of 35 respirations per minute. Blood analysis showed PaO2 = 57.6 mm Hg and HCO3- = 21.7 mmol/l and 12.2% eosinophils. Chest X-ray showed infiltrates in both lower lobes. She was taking clomipramine 25 mg bid for the last 4 weeks and sertraline 50 mg/day for the last week. Other causes of acute eosinophilic pneumonia such as parasitic and fungal infections or collagen diseases were discarded. Both antidepressant were stopped and the patient became afebrile and asymptomatic. A week later the patient was discharged from hospital. physicians should be aware of this adverse antidepresant reaction which may result in severe pulmonary symptoms.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.1666666666667keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/154. A case of cigarette smoking-induced acute eosinophilic pneumonia showing tolerance.It has been proposed that acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP), which is characterized by the absence of recurrence, is associated with cigarette smoking (CS), because Japanese patients with AEP are young and have a high incidence of short-term smoking history. However, there has been no direct evidence that CS causes AEP. We hypothesized that tolerance might develop against repeated resumption of smoking cigarettes in CS-induced AEP cases. In this connection, we challenged a patient with CS-induced AEP with repeated resumption of CS, and it was demonstrated that CS induced AEP in conjunction with tolerance to repeated resumption of smoking.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/154. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia caused by cigarette smoking.It has been suggested that acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is associated with cigarette smoking because in japan, the patients with AEP are young and have a high incidence of short-term smoking history. However, there has been no direct evidence to support that cigarette smoke causes AEP. Herein is reported the first case showing the direct evidence and a long-term clinical course of cigarette smoking-induced AEP, in which tolerance to repeated resumption of smoking cigarettes might have occurred. We should pay attention to the history of cigarette smoking in seeing patients with AEP, especially in young patients.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/154. Eosinophilic pneumonia and respiratory failure associated with venlafaxine treatment.Drugs are well known causes of eosinophilic lung disease. In many patients, symptoms increase slowly, pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia progress over weeks, and resolve upon withdrawal of the offending agent. Rarely, the disease presents like acute eosinophilic pneumonia with acute onset of symptoms and rapidly progressing infiltrates which may be associated with respiratory failure. This report describe a case of venlafaxine-induced acute eosinophilic pneumonia causing respiratory insufficiency that rapidly resolved upon institution of corticosteroid treatment. This 5-hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor was previously not known to cause lung or peripheral blood eosinophilia. Considering the increasing use of this class of medication physicians have to be aware of this life-threatening and fully reversible complication.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/154. Nuclear hypersegmentation precedes the increase in blood eosinophils in acute eosinophilic pneumonia.In this case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP), eosinophils with hypersegmented nuclei emerged in the blood before the increase of eosinophil count. An 18-year-old woman complaining of fever, cough and dyspnea was admitted because of diffuse ground-glass opacities in her chest roentgenogram. On admission, her blood cell count revealed a marked increase of neutrophils. Although the number of eosinophils was normal, some of them contained three- or four-lobed nuclei. She was diagnosed to have AEP through bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial lung biopsy. The combination with acute clinical course, pulmonary infiltration and the presence of hypersegmented eosinophils in blood may imply the diagnosis of AEP.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.83333333333333keywords = pneumonia (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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