Abstract
The eosinophilic lung is a term used to identify a heterogeneous group of parasitic diseases leading to common manifestations including alveolar or tissular pulmonary eosinophilia and, classically, radiological visible lesions of the lung. The different clinical presentations--Löffler's syndrome, larva migrans syndrome and tropical pulmonary eosinophilia are analyzed in this article and the particular features of the different causal parasites are discussed. Positive and differential diagnostic procedures in patients with pulmonary eosinophilia due to mycoses, drugs, vasculitis or an unknown cause are detailed.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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English Abstract
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Review
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
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Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use
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Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
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Child
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Fascioliasis
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Female
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Helminthiasis / complications
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Helminthiasis / diagnosis
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Helminthiasis / drug therapy
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Humans
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Larva Migrans, Visceral / diagnosis
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic / complications
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Nematode Infections / complications
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Nematode Infections / diagnosis
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Nematode Infections / drug therapy
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Parasitic Diseases / complications*
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Parasitic Diseases / diagnosis
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Parasitic Diseases / drug therapy
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Pulmonary Eosinophilia* / diagnosis
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Pulmonary Eosinophilia* / etiology
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Trematode Infections / complications
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Trematode Infections / diagnosis
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Trematode Infections / drug therapy
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Tropical Medicine
Substances
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Anthelmintics
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Antinematodal Agents
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Antiparasitic Agents