J Asthma Allergy Clin Immunol.  1999 Jun;19(3):498-503.

A case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia

• Bae YM
• Lee SY
• Seo GD
• Kim HJ
• Whang YH
• Yeo DS
• Lim SY

Abstract

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia(AEP) was first described in 1989 and represents a clinical entity distinct from chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. AEP is characterized by acute respiratory insufficiency, hypoxemia, fever, diffuse radiographic infiltrates, and eosinophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or lung biopsies in the absence of infection, atopy, or asthma. Rapid response to corticosteroids is characteristic. We experienced a 47-year-old metal driller presenting typical clinical and radiological characteristics of AEP. We confirmed eosinophilic pneumonia with brochoalveolar lavage analysis and transbronchial lung biopsy. We report a case of AEP diagnosed by clinical, radiographic, and histologic findings with a brief review of the literature.

Keyword

acute; eosinophilic pneumonia; AEP

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Anoxia
Asthma
Biopsy
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Eosinophilia
Eosinophils*
Fever
Humans
Lung
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Eosinophilia*
Respiratory Insufficiency
Therapeutic Irrigation
Adrenal Cortex Hormones