Acute eosinophilic pneumonia triggered by secondhand cigarette smoke exposure in an elderly man
| Autor: | Ashutosh Sachdeva, Liaqat Ali, Edward M. Pickering, Montserrat Diaz-Abad, Laura Malone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty diagnosis Biopsy government.form_of_government lcsh:Medicine Disease elderly Cigarette smoking Internal medicine bronchoalveolar lavage Humans Medicine Eosinophilia Pulmonary Eosinophilia Secondhand smoke Glucocorticoids Aged business.industry acute eosinophilic pneumonia lcsh:R Cigarette smoke exposure respiratory system Treatment Outcome Acute eosinophilic pneumonia secondhand smoking Glucocorticoid therapy Acute Disease government Tobacco Smoke Pollution medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Pulmonary disorders |
| Zdroj: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, Vol 89, Iss 1 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2532-5264 1122-0643 |
| Popis: | The spectrum of eosinophilic lung diseases comprises a diverse group of pulmonary disorders associated with tissue or peripheral eosinophilia. [Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP)] is an uncommon eosinophilic lung disease that can be idiopathic, but identifiable causes include medications, inhalational exposures and infections. Most cases in the literature are associated with first-time cigarette smoking or resuming smoking. Herein, we present a case of AEP in an elderly man triggered by exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, in whom a transbronchial biopsy was diagnostic. The patient recovered fully with glucocorticoid therapy without recurrence after avoiding further secondhand smoke. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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