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Case Reports
. 2022 Mar 7;79(1):88-90.
doi: 10.31053/1853.0605.v79.n1.33668.

[Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: imaging findings]

[Article in Spanish]
Marcos Mestas Nuñez  1 , Horacio Matias Castro  2 , Alberto Seehaus  3
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Case Reports

[Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: imaging findings]

[Article in Spanish]
Marcos Mestas Nuñez et al. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is a rare disease of unknown cause characterized by alveolar and interstitial eosinophilic infiltration. The tomographic pattern is characterized by consolidations and peripherally distributed ground glass opacities in both upper lobes. Other findings are opacities in bands parallel to the pleura, thickening of the interlobular septa, migratory opacities, and mediastinal lymph nodes. We presented a case of a woman with CEP and described the most relevant clinical and radiological characteristics.

La neumonía eosinofílica crónica (NEC) es una enfermedad rara de causa desconocida caracterizada por infiltración eosinofílica alveolar e intersticial. El patrón tomográfico se caracteriza por consolidaciones y opacidades en vidrio esmerilado de distribución periférica en ambos lóbulos superiores. Otros hallazgos son las opacidades en bandas paralelas a la pleura, engrosamiento de septos interlobulillares, opacidades migratrices y adenomegalias mediastinales. Se presenta el caso de una mujer con NEC y se describen las características clínicas y radiológicas más relevantes.

Keywords: pulmonary eosinophilia; radiology; tomography; diagnosis.

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Figures

Figura 1
Figura 1. Radigrafías de tórax frente al momento del diagnóstico (A) y a las tres semanas (B).
Figura 2
Figura 2. Tomografía computarizada de tórax en cortes axial (A) y coronal (B).
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