Eosinophilic pneumonia classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[2]
Overview
Eosinophilic lung diseases may be classified according to the cause into pneumonias of unknown cause such as idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia and idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia, pneumonias of known cause such as allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and eosinophilic pneumonias of parasitic origin, and eosinophilic airways diseases such as hypereosinophilic asthma and idiopathic hypereosinophilic constrictive bronchiolitis.
Classification
The eosinophilic lung diseases can be classified according to the cause into:[1][2][3]
Eosinophilic pneumonias of unknown cause
- Solitary idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonia
- Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
- Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia
- Eosinophilic pneumonia in systemic syndrome
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
Eosinophilic pneumonias of known cause
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and related syndrome
- Eosinophilic pneumonias of parasitic origin
- Eosinophilic pneumonias of other infectious cause
- Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia
Eosinophilic airways diseases
- Eosinophilic asthma
- Hypereosinophilic asthma
- Idiopathic hypereosinophilic constrictive bronchiolitis
References
- ↑ Marchand E, Cordier JF (2006). “Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia”. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 1: 11. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-1-11. PMC 1464381. PMID 16722612.
- ↑ Bourke SJ (2006). “Interstitial lung disease: progress and problems”. Postgrad Med J. 82 (970): 494–9. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.046417. PMC 2585700. PMID 16891438.
- ↑ Cottin V (2016). “Eosinophilic Lung Diseases”. Clin Chest Med. 37 (3): 535–56. doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2016.04.015. PMID 27514599.
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