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KMID : 0383820080640050379
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2008 Volume.64 No. 5 p.379 ~ p.382
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A Case of Posttraumatic Pleural Effusion with Peripheral Eosinophilia
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Kim Jong-Hun
Kim Young-Saeng
Ku Bon-Ho
Choi Yu-Kyoung
Kim Do-Hoon
Chin Jae-Yong
Oh Mi-Jung
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Abstract
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Eosinophilic pleural effusions (EPE) are defined as those effusions that contain at least 10% eosinophils, and EPE can be associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia in a variety of systemic diseases. There have been a few cases that have addressed the association of peripheral blood eosinophilia and posttraumatic EPE, and this condition can be misdiagnosed as being the result of other causes due to the delayed presentation. We report here on a case of 47-year-old male who presented with eosinophilic pleural effusion associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia at 2 months after minor chest trauma. We excluded the other possible causes such as consumption of drugs, parasite infection, malignancy, diseases of pulmonary eosinophilic infiltration, autoimmune diseases and pulmonary thromboembolism. We observed his clinical course without specific treatment. Three months later, the pleural effusion completely disappeared and the number of peripheral eosinophils returned to normal. (Tuberc Respir Dis 2008;64:379-382)
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KEYWORD
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Pleural effusion, Eosinophilia, Trauma
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