Korean J Med.  2009 Oct;77(4):508-511.

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia caused by passive smoking

• Yoo KD
• Jang W
• Hong JH
• Lee HP
• Choi SJ
• Choi SB

Abstract

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration in the lungs, respiratory distress, a rapid therapeutic response to corticosteroids, and the absence of relapse. Some cases of AEP are caused by infections, drugs, and inhaled antigens. Cigarette smoking is considered a probable cause of AEP, as AEP has developed soon after starting to smoke in some patients and a challenge with cigarette smoking was positive in some patients. All reported patients with cigarette smoking.induced AEP were active smokers, while no case of AEP caused by passive smoking has been reported. We present a case of AEP presumed to have been caused by passive cigarette smoking.

Keyword

Eosinophilic pneumonia; Cigarette smoking; Passive smoking

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Eosinophils
Humans
Lung
Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Recurrence
Smoke
Smoking
Tobacco Products
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Smoke
Tobacco Smoke Pollution