Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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A Case of Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia after Ingestion of Wild Rats

들쥐 생식 후에 발생한 만성 호산구성폐렴 1예

  • Choi, Hyung-Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ho-Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hyuk-Pyo (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Shim, Tae-Sun (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Sang-Heon (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young-Whan (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Shim, Young-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, You-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Jin (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young-Il (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine)
  • 최형석 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김호중 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이혁표 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 심태선 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 조상헌 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김영환 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 심영수 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김유영 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김태진 (서울대학교 의과대학 병리학교실) ;
  • 김용일 (서울대학교 의과대학 병리학교실)
  • Published : 1991.06.30
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Abstract

The Pulmonary Infiltration and Eosinophilia Syndrome (PIE Syndrome) includes a wide spectrum of clinical disorders with pulmonary infiltrates and peripheral eosiophilia. It is poorly understood and ill-defined group of disorders. Often its etiology is poorly delineated. There may exist an eosinophilic type of alveolitis in the category of PIE syndrome. It shows characteristic clinical picture, peripheral eosinophilia and especially dramatic improvement following therapy with corticosteroids. We report a case of the syndrome in 43-year-old man with brief review of contemporary literature. In this case, the diagnosis was confirmed by open lung biopy which showed characteristic eosinophilic alveolitis accompanied by periphiral eosinophilia. Corticosteroid was administered with rapid clinical improvement in this case.

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