Korean J Med.
1997 Mar;52(3):412-418.
A Case of Lobal-type Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Anatomical Pathology, Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Clinical Pathology, Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is characterized by multiple and dense areas of consolidation on chest radiographs and computed tomographic scans, persistent symptoms, a requirement for steroid therapy and possible relapses. The finding of increased BAL eosinophils is most helpful in diagnosis of patients presenting with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. Therefore, although biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, it is usually not required if the clinical findings are characteristic and if the response to a trial of corticosteroids is rapid and complete. The male patient, aged 40years, presented with cough, chest pain, weight loss and peripheral infiltration of right middle lobe on the chest radiograph and chest computed tomographic scans. We confirmed chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with bronchoalveolar lavage analysis and transbronchial lung biopsy. We herein report a lobal type of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with a brief review of literature.
