TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis complicated by eosinophilic pneumonia
AU - Ushijima, Shin Ichiro
AU - Ishii, Hiroshi
AU - Harada, Taishi
AU - Shiraishi, Motokimi
AU - Fujita, Masaki
AU - Watanabe, Kentaro
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - A 70-year-old man who had been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 3 years prior was admitted to our hospital because of pyrexia, cough, hypoxemia, dyspnea on exertion, and emerging chest infiltrates unresponsive to antibacterial chemotherapies. Examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed an increase in the total number of cells, including elevated eosinophil levels. The patient was successfully treated with oral administration of prednisolone. Based on these findings, this is a rare case of eosinophilic pneumonia of unknown etiology that coin-cidentally developed in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
AB - A 70-year-old man who had been diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 3 years prior was admitted to our hospital because of pyrexia, cough, hypoxemia, dyspnea on exertion, and emerging chest infiltrates unresponsive to antibacterial chemotherapies. Examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed an increase in the total number of cells, including elevated eosinophil levels. The patient was successfully treated with oral administration of prednisolone. Based on these findings, this is a rare case of eosinophilic pneumonia of unknown etiology that coin-cidentally developed in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84946081891
SN - 0385-3667
VL - 74
SP - 1138
EP - 1142
JO - Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases
JF - Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases
IS - 10
ER -