Fernández E, Blanquer R, Domínguez A, Herrejón A, Franco J, Palop J, Plaza P
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Dr. Peset Aleixandre, Valencia.
Arch Bronconeumol. 1994 Oct;30(8):414-7. doi: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)31037-1.
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is characterized by non-specific clinical presentation, interstitial radiological signs, peripheral acini and pulmonary infiltration by eosinophils, accompanied or not by peripheral eosinophilia. Response to treatment with steroids is spectacular. We describe 4 patients with CEP, one diagnosed by response to treatment and the others by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). No patient had asthma; 1 also had peripheral eosinophilia. All received long-term treatment with steroids, and there were no relapses. Response to treatment was slow in 2 patients, but obliterans bronchiolitis with or without organizing pneumonia could not be demonstrated. We emphasize the safety and efficiency of BAL for diagnosis of CEP.
