[Diagnosis and treatment of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia].
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi
; 13(1): 12-4, 60-1, 1990 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
A case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP), confirmed by transfibroptic bronchoscope lung biopsy, was reported. CEP is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by cough, dyspnea, malaise, fever, night sweats, weight loss, variable degree of blood eosinophilia and film revealing peripheral nonsegmental nonmigratory infiltrates. It usually responds dramatically to corticosteroids. The authors suggested that a tentative diagnosis is often made on clinical grounds only without biopsy confirmation and corticosteroid therapy is instituted. It is necessary to perform lung biopsy for establishing the diagnosis when the patient has normal eosinophilic count, nonpheripheral lung infiltrats or other atypical manifestations.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Eosinofilia Pulmonar
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Prednisona
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article