Pneumonia eosinofílica aguda com evolução para síndroma de dificuldade respirat...

• Author(s): Baptista, JP ; Casanova, PC ; Almeida e Sousa, JP ; Martins, JP ; Simões, A ; Fernandes, V ; Souto, J ; Costa, JJ ; Carvalho, L ; Pimentel, J
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/538
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Eosinofilia Pulmonar; Síndrome de Dificuldade Respiratória
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

The Authors present a case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) associated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in a previously healthy young adult, medicated with nitrofurantoin. AEP must be included in the differential diagnosis of community adquired pneumonia, as well as a cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome; its diagnosis is suggested by the presence of eosinophilic alveolitis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. The early diagnosis of AEP and corticosteroid therapy may be lifesaving.