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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr:57:50-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2020.12.009. Epub 2021 Jan 2.

Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Vicente Descalzo  1 , Fernando Salvador  1 , Irene Sansano  2 , Óscar Persiva  3 , Andrés Antón  4 , David Clofent  5 , Manuel López  5 , Benito Almirante  1
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Case Reports

Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Vicente Descalzo et al. Arch Bronconeumol. 2021 Apr.
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(a) CT scan showing ground glass opacities with areas of consolidation, air bronchogram and bronchiectasis; (b) Hematoxylin eosin staining (40× magnification) showing prominent lymphoplasmacytic interstitial infiltrate with numerous eosinophils. Alveoli infiltrate with mixed cellularity (lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, foamy macrophages, fibroblasts). Note one macrophage with phagocytized eosinophil granules (arrow).
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