Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 40(3); 1993 > Article
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1993;40(3):314-318.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1993.40.3.314    Published online June 1, 1993.
Acute respiratory failure accompanied with eosinophilia.
Hyeon Seok Um1, Jie Jung Jang1, Suk Young Lee1, Chi Hong Kim1, Soon Seog Kwon1, Young Kyoon Kim1, Kwan Hyoung Kim1, Hwa Sik Moon1, Jeong Sup Song1, Sung Hak Park1, Kyo Young Lee2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Clinical Pathology, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea
Abstract
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is an idiopathic condition characterized by chronic infiltration of the lung with eosinophils, weight loss, dyspnea, and pulmonary infiltration. Recently, we have experienced one case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia presenting as the acute respiratory failure. A 34-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with one month’s history of coughing, dyspnea, mucoid sputum, weight loss and one day’s history of subcutaneous emphysema The radiographic lung lesion and dyspnea rapidly progressed to a critical condition of acute respiratory failure. The combination of blood eosinophilia, lung infiltration on the chest x-ray, sign of acute respiratory failure, rapid response to steroid therapy, and the finding of the transbronchial lung biopsy permit the diagnosis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Key Words: Acute respiratory failure, Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia


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