Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia

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Posted in Chest on May 08, 2014 by m.khodeer

22 year old male with “chest tightness”. Pt is afebrile.

Follow up 12 days later

Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Loffler’s (Loeffler’s) syndrome/pneumonia
DDX: Boop, vasculitis, Chronic Pulmonary Eosinophilia (areas of consolidation tend to persist longer)
Causes: Allergic reaction. Drug reaction, migration through the respiratory track by parasitic infection
Findings
Transient consolidation
”Reverse edema” pattern
Blood eosinophilia
Migration peripheral consolidations