Eosinophilic pneumonia with eosinophilic gastroenteritis

Intern Med. 1999 May;38(5):450-3. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.450.

Abstract

A 48-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with cough, fever and dysphagia. He had a past history of bronchial asthma and surgery for nasal polyp. Chest radiograph and computed tomography showed atelectasis in the right lower field and infiltrative shadow in the left lower field and overall thickening of the esophageal wall. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) specimens revealed infiltration of eosinophils and lymphocytes under the bronchial mucosa. Gastrointestinal tract biopsy specimens showed submucosal infiltration of eosinophils. These findings led to a definite diagnosis of eosinophilic pneumonia associated with eosinophilic gastroenteritis, a disease which has been rarely reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Asthma / complications
  • Biopsy
  • Eosinophilia / complications*
  • Eosinophilia / diagnostic imaging
  • Eosinophilia / drug therapy
  • Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Gastroenteritis / complications*
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastroenteritis / drug therapy
  • Gastroenteritis / pathology
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / complications*
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids