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1626248

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
We describe 3 cases of eosinophilic pneumonia of unknown etiology with atypical clinical findings diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). In 2 patients with subacute symptoms and restrictive ventilatory dysfunction there was no eosinophilia in peripheral blood, and chest X-ray showed a bilateral acinar and mixed interstitial-acinar pattern respectively. Transbronchial lung biopsies revealed only nonspecific changes. The third patient had acute respiratory failure and the eosinophils in peripheral blood were 1500/microliters. Chest X-ray demonstrated only minimal interstitial changes. In all instances the eosinophilic pneumonia was diagnosed by a marked BAL-eosinophilia of 25 to 45%. No specific etiology could be detected for the eosinophilic lung disease. The response to treatment with corticosteroids was prompt.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0036-7672
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1005-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Significance of bronchial alveolar lavage in the diagnosis of eosinophilic pneumonia].
pubmed:affiliation
Département für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital, Zürich.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports