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Case Reports
. 2022 Apr:58:51-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2021.10.008. Epub 2021 Nov 16.

Eosinophilic Pneumonia Associated to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

Margarida Costa E Silva  1 , Marta Sá Marques  1 , David João  2 , Sérgio Campainha  1
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Eosinophilic Pneumonia Associated to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

Margarida Costa E Silva et al. Arch Bronconeumol. 2022 Apr.
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Fig. 1
(A) Chest HRCT: multiple ground glass opacities and interlobular septal thickening; (B) Histopathological findings of transthoracic needle biopsy: On hematoxylin and eosin staining there is lung tissue with alevoli filled by histiocytes and eosinophils, forming “eosinophilic microabscesses”. (Original magnification: 100×).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
(A) Chest HRCT: peripheral and subpleural areas of linear parenchymal densification; (B) Histopathological findings of transthoracic needle biopsy: Besides the “eosinophilic microabscesses” there is also more evident alveolar thickening, edema and foci of fibrosis. (Original magnification: 100×).
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