Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia

Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. The chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is part of Pulmonary Eosinophilic Syndroms. It is presented a 33-years old man, Asmathic, with dry cough, fever, night sweats and fatigue of several weeks. The chest X-ray showed opacity in the right hemithorax. He was treated with a...

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Autores principales: Vivero, Florencia, Ciocchini, Cleto, Gandini, María J., Wehbe, Luis
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional Cba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/21361
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topic eosinofilia pulmonar
neumonía eosinofílica
eosinofilia
eosinophilia pulmonary
eosinophilic pneumonia
eosinophilia
spellingShingle eosinofilia pulmonar
neumonía eosinofílica
eosinofilia
eosinophilia pulmonary
eosinophilic pneumonia
eosinophilia
Vivero, Florencia
Ciocchini, Cleto
Gandini, María J.
Wehbe, Luis
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
topic_facet eosinofilia pulmonar
neumonía eosinofílica
eosinofilia
eosinophilia pulmonary
eosinophilic pneumonia
eosinophilia
author Vivero, Florencia
Ciocchini, Cleto
Gandini, María J.
Wehbe, Luis
author_facet Vivero, Florencia
Ciocchini, Cleto
Gandini, María J.
Wehbe, Luis
author_sort Vivero, Florencia
title Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
title_short Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
title_full Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
title_fullStr Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
title_sort chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
description Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. The chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is part of Pulmonary Eosinophilic Syndroms. It is presented a 33-years old man, Asmathic, with dry cough, fever, night sweats and fatigue of several weeks. The chest X-ray showed opacity in the right hemithorax. He was treated with antibiotics without response. A chest TC showed multifocal involvement. The patient refused bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) so treatment antituberculostatic was started. Despite treatment the symptoms worsened. The Chest X-ray showed migration of the infiltrates and the blood smear marked eosinophilia. Finally, bronchoalveolar lavage was carried out and it showed a high percentage of eosinophils (over 50%). The patient was treated with inmmunosuppresive doses of corticosteroids with excellent response. The blood smear in Nonresolving pneumonia is key to consider eosinophilic pneumonia, an uncommon pathology but amenable to treatment.
publisher Universidad Nacional Cba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología
publishDate 2012
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/21361
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