Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes: Potentially a Strong Trigger of Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Am J Med. 2017 Feb;130(2):e63-e64. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.09.036.

Authors

Naoto Ogura¹, Yuta Kono¹, Masako To², Shintaro Mikami¹, Seiko Soeda¹, Hiroko Hara¹, Yasuo To³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
³ Department of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: ym_to@yahoo.co.jp.

PMID: 28117040
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.09.036

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Cigarette Smoking / adverse effects*
Humans
Leukocytosis / etiology
Male
Menthol / adverse effects*
Pulmonary Eosinophilia / chemically induced*
Pulmonary Eosinophilia / diagnosis
Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D / blood
Young Adult

Substances

Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D
Menthol
C-Reactive Protein