Abstract

Pulmonary eosinophilia comprises a heterogeneous group of diseases that are defined by eosinophilia in pulmonary infiltrates or in tissue. Drugs can cause almost all histopathologic patterns of interstitial pneumonias, such as cellular and fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia, organizing pneumonia, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, desquamative interstitial pneumonia, a pulmonary granulomatosis-like reaction, and a usual interstitial pneumonia-like pattern. We present a very rare case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia due to radiographic contrast infusion diagnosed with video-assisted thoracoscopy. The patient after 1 year is still under corticosteroid treatment with the disease stabilized.

Details

Title
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia due to radiographic contrast administration: an orphan disease?
Author
Hohenforst-Schmidt, Wolfgang; Riedel, Andreas; Zarogoulidis, Paul; Franke, Christian; Gschwendtner, Andreas; Huang, Haidong; Machairiotis, Nikoalos; Dramba, Vasiliki; Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos; Brachmann, Johannes
Pages
385-389
Section
Case report
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
e-ISSN
1177-8881
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2222297002
Copyright
© 2012. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.