… Eosinophilic lung diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that share the feature of abnormally increased numbers of eosinophils within the pulmonary airways and parenchyma . The major causes …
… with heart failure and restrictive pulmonary disease . Aside from mutational analysis, the two disorders are most reliably distinguished by the ratio of absolute eosinophil count (AEC) to serum total tryptase …
… HRCT identified lung disease in 5 patients with a normal chest radiograph .… Peripheral blood eosinophilia (usually 5000 to 9000 eosinophils/microL) is the most characteristic finding, although absolute eosinophil counts ≥1500 cells/microL (or greater…
… and the approach to adults with diffuse parenchymal lung disease are presented separately The cause of acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) remains unknown.… Marked numbers of interstitial and lesser numbers of alveolar eosinophils were found in all samples Other features included:…
… bronchopulmonary aspergillosis [ABPA], EGPA, nasal polyposis). Other pulmonary diseases – Abnormally high numbers of eosinophils may be seen in the pulmonary parenchyma in many conditions. These include …