Diagnosaurus
Eosinophilic pulmonary syndromes
Etiology
- Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
- Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (Loeffler's syndrome)
- Drugs: nitrofurantoin, phenytoin, ampicillin, penicillin, sulfonamides, acetaminophen, ranitidine, methotrexate
- Helminth infection: ascariasis, hookworm, strongyloidiasis, paragonimiasis, toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans), tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi)
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Systemic hypereosinophilic syndromes
- Eosinophilic granuloma (Langerhans cell histiocytosis, histiocytosis X)
- Malignancy
- Numerous interstitial lung diseases
- Toxins: inhaled crack cocaine, heroin, Scotchguard, sulfite pesticides
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Eosinophilic Pulmonary Syndromes." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114757/all/Eosinophilic_pulmonary_syndromes.
Zeiger RFR. Eosinophilic pulmonary syndromes. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114757/all/Eosinophilic_pulmonary_syndromes. Accessed November 21, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Eosinophilic pulmonary syndromes. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114757/all/Eosinophilic_pulmonary_syndromes
Zeiger RFR. Eosinophilic Pulmonary Syndromes [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 November 21]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114757/all/Eosinophilic_pulmonary_syndromes.
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