Acute eosinophilic pneumonia in twins

Shogo Ichihara; Kosaku Komiya; Izumi Yamatani; Shota Omori; Kenji Umeki; Kazufumi Hiramatsu; Jun-Ichi Kadota

doi:10.1016/j.resinv.2022.10.004

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia in twins

Respir Investig. 2023 Jan;61(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.resinv.2022.10.004. Epub 2022 Nov 16.

Authors

Shogo Ichihara¹, Kosaku Komiya², Izumi Yamatani¹, Shota Omori¹, Kenji Umeki³, Kazufumi Hiramatsu¹, Jun-Ichi Kadota¹

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, 879-5593, Japan.
² Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, 879-5593, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Tenshindo Hetsugi Hospital, 5956 Nihongi, Nakahetsugi, Oita, 879-7761, Japan.

PMID: 36400689
DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2022.10.004

Abstract

The pathogenesis of eosinophilic pneumonia is currently poorly understood, and this disease has not been reported in twins since 1983. Herein, we report a case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia in twins, which appeared to be triggered by initial smoking at different times by both patients. One patient resumed smoking after recovering from eosinophilic pneumonia, with no observed recurrence. This study discussed the possibility of an association between susceptibility to eosinophilic pneumonia and genetic factors in twins.

Keywords: Acute disease; Pulmonary eosinophilia; Smoking; Twin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Humans
Pulmonary Eosinophilia* / etiology
Smoking