Unilateral acute eosinophilic pneumonia on the operative side: A case 9 years after lung lobectomy

Respirol Case Rep. 2023 Jul 25;11(8):e01194. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.1194. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Abstract

The typical clinical manifestation of acute eosinophilic pneumonia is acute onset of respiratory symptoms due to smoking or medication use, accompanied by bilateral ground-glass opacity with consolidations on chest radiography. However, differential diagnosis with acute eosinophilic pneumonia should not be excluded in cases of unilateral pneumonia of postoperative lung.

Keywords: eosinophilia; eosinophilic pneumonia; lung lobectomy; unilateral pneumonia.