Citation

Hirai K, Yamazaki Y, Okada K, Furuta S, Kubo K. Intern. Med. 2000; 39(5): 401-403.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Nagano Municipal Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10830182

Abstract

We report a case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP). Although the patient had been a habitual cigarette smoker for over 4 months, he had had not any respiratory distress. After he inhaled smoke from fireworks for 3 consecutive nights, the patient began to complain of cough, fever and dyspnea. He showed leukocytosis of 16,200/microl and hypoxemia of 58.1 torr. Chest radiograph showed bilateral infiltrates with Kerley A and B lines. The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed 38.5% eosinophils. He was diagnosed as AEP. In this patient, inhaling of smoke from fireworks was clinically suspected to be associated with the induction of AEP.

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