PMID: 15366338Sep 16, 2004Paper

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia with respiratory failure: a case likely triggered by cigarette smoking

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease = Archivio Monaldi Per Le Malattie Del Torace
E GrossiV Poletti

Abstract

The authors report a case of acute respiratory failure that fulfils the diagnostic criteria for acute eosinophilic pneumonia. Bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilia and eosinophilic lung diseases are also discussed. The pathogenetic events, including the role of IL-5, eotaxin 1 and 2 and VEGF are emphasised.

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