Acute eosinophilic pneumonia

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Feb 18:2016:bcr2015212899. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-212899.

Abstract

We report the case of an 18-year-old woman who presented to an outside hospital in respiratory distress and was found to have pulmonary eosinophilia. She remained profoundly hypoxaemic despite maximal ventilatory strategies and underwent cannulation for veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The respiratory failure improved with time, using corticosteroids, and the veno-venous ECMO helped in stabilisation of the patient in the setting of profound hypoxaemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Eosinophils / metabolism*
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / complications
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / therapy
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / pathology
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / pathology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones