Abstract

TORDERA HIGON, P. et al. Two new cases of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: Revision of the literature. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2004, vol.21, n.8, pp.33-36. ISSN 0212-7199.

We present two cases of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia in two women of a seventy-seven and sixty-five years old. We revised the clinical and radiologic features, and their pathogenesis. It si necessary to recognize in a precocious time this entity and the utility of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in the diagnostic, for to begin a treatment with corticosteroids.

Keywords : Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia; Eosinophilic lung diseases; Interstitial lung disease.

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