Weekly Chest CasesArchive of Old Cases

Case No : 480 Date 2007-01-08

  • Courtesy of Hyun Ju Lee, M.D. / Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.
  • Age/Sex 18 / M
  • Chief ComplaintPrevious healthy student Acute onset dyspnea
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Radiologic Findings
Plain chest radiograph taken at admission shows increased interstitial markings in both lungs. Chest CT shows interlobular septal thickening in both lungs and bilateral pleural effusion.
Brief Review
Please refer to
Case 105, Case 128, Case 200, Case 260,
KSTR Symposium 1998  Case 3 ,
KSTR Imaging Conference 2005 Summer  Case 9,
References
Keywords
Lung, Eosinophilic lung disease,

No. of Applicants : 37

▶ Correct Answer : 18/37,  48.6%
  • - Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Korea Bae Geun Oh
  • - Yonsei University Severance Hospital, Korea SUNG SOO AHN
  • - Yonsei University Severance Hospital, Korea Eun Hye Yoo
  • - Zulekha Hospital, Dubai Saurabh Khandelwal
  • - University Of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, Korea Ahn Lee
  • - Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., Usa Naomi Twersky
  • - Shiga University Of Medical Science, Japan Norihisa Nitta
  • - St. VincentHospital, Korea Chae-Hun Lim
  • - Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea Eil Seong Lee
  • - Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Korea Yookyung Kim
  • - Irsa, La Rochelle, France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Doctors Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas N.B.S.Mani
  • - Ultra Care Coimbatore, India Debabrata Das
  • - Dong-A University Hospital, Korea Ki-Nam Lee
  • - Osaka University, Korea Osamu Honda
  • - Max Hospital, New Delhi, India. Vickrant Malhotra
  • - Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, India Rg Gopinath
  • - China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan Jun-Jun Yeh
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 4/37,  10.8%
  • - University Of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, Korea Jin Seong Lee
  • - PGIMER, Chandigarh, INDIA Ram Prakash Galwa
  • - Homs National Hospital, Homs, Syria Rami Abou Zalaf
  • - KAUMS, Kashan, Iran Ebrahim Razi
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