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KMID : 0383819890360020149
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1989 Volume.36 No. 2 p.149 ~ p.155
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A Case of Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia
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Abstract
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Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia has been defined as a disease of lung pharenchyma
that is recognized by a characteristic clinical history and a roentgenographic pattern of
scattered nonsegmental peripheral infiltrates. The roentgenographic lesions rapidly
resuluted with corticosteroid medication and recurrence of lesions was occured in the
same unusual locations during relapse. Some of these patients developed asthma with
the onset of illness and the majority showed blood eosinophilia.
It has been emphasized recently that these features are sufficiently specific to allow
definitive diagnosis without the necessity of lung biopsy in most instances.
Recently we had the opportunity to observe one case of chronic eosinophilic
pneumonia combined with asthma and blood eosinophilia whose atypical presentation
resulted in diagnostic confusion and delay of appropriate therapy. The histologic feature
was confirmed by transbronchial lung biopsy.
So we reported this case with brief review of literature.
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