Muscle pain, fever, cough, and progressive dyspnea in a woman with eosinophilic pneumonia.
Genet Mol Res
; 14(2): 4189-94, 2015 Apr 28.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25966191
ABSTRACT
The diagnosis of eosinophilic pneumonia (EP) is rare and challenging. This condition is frequently misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis, lymphoma, schistosomiasis, Wegener's granuloma, severe acute respiratory syndrome, or severe community-acquired pneumonia. Herein, we report a case in which computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy was used to diagnose EP without alveolar eosinophilia or peripheral eosinophilia. A roundworm identified in the patient's stool confirmed the precise diagnosis to be parasitic EP. This is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of EP confirmed by CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy. CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy may represent a new tool for the diagnosis of EP in patients without typical alveolar eosinophilia or peripheral eosinophilia.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ascariasis
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Pulmonary Eosinophilia
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Image-Guided Biopsy
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Genet Mol Res
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China