Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Abstract

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia is an acute febrile illness of unknown etiology without other systemic manifestations. It can present itself as an acute respiratory distress-like syndrome, which responds to corticosteroid therapy and does not relapse after discontinuation of therapy. Here we present the case of a 51-year-old man with borderline hypertension who presented to our institution with a 2-week history of sinus congestion and gradual onset of shortness of breath. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia was diagnosed on wedge biopsies and improved with corticosteroid treatment. This case report focuses on acute eosinophilic pneumonia and reviews the clinical, radiologic, and morphologic findings, with an emphasis on differential diagnosis.

No todo es neumonía adquirida en la comunidad. Neumonía eosinofílica aguda: reporte de caso

“…La neumonía eosinofílica aguda (NEA) es una enfermedad febril de causa desconocida, no asociada con otras manifestaciones sistémicas; pertenece al grupo de los SEP de causas no definidas, que puede presentarse como un síndrome de dificultad respira-toria aguda (SDRA), con buena respuesta a los corticosteroides y con mínima tasa de recaídas (3). Los criterios diagnósticos de las NEA se describen en la Tabla 2.…”