Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with mucous plugs:case report

作     者：XIE Li-xin MO Guo-xin CHEN Liang-an LIU You-ning 

作者机构：Department of Respiratory Medicine General Hospital of PLABeijing 100853 China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第119卷第3期

页      面：262-264页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：chronic eosinophilic pneumonia mucous plug transbronchial lung biopsy 

摘      要：Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia （CEP）, a rare eosinophilic lung disease of unknown etiology,is characterized by peripheral blood eosinophilia, chest radiograph infiltrates, and prompt response to corticosteroid therapy. The first detailed description of CEP was described by Carrington et al in 1969. The usual symptoms are cough, dyspnea, fever, and weight loss. It is most often seen in middle aged woman and has a subacute onset. We report a case of CEP presenting with right lower lung infiltrates and mucus plugging that causing bronchus obstruction.