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Le cas clinique du mois. Maladie de Carrington: pneumopathie chronique idiopathique à eosinophiles.
Piette, Caroline; FRUSCH, Nicolas; DUYSINX, Bernard et al.
2014In Revue Médicale de Liège, 69 (3), p. 126-31
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Keywords :
Female; Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use; Humans; Methylprednisolone/therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity; Pulmonary Eosinophilia/diagnosis/drug therapy; Radiography, Thoracic
Abstract :
[en] Idiopathic Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia (ICEP) or Carrington's disease is a rare disease, exclusively pulmonary, and of an unknown origin. Connective tissues of the lungs are infiltrated by eosinophilic cell elements. This illness is progressive, consisting of dyspnea, cough and thoracic pain. In addition, the general condition is impaired. The average delay between onset of symptoms and discovery of chest radiographic opacities is often longer than 3-4 months. Symptoms and chest X-ray quickly improve under corticosteroid treatment. In the future, new research could lead to alternative treatments. We report the case of a woman with ICEP. We shall discuss the diagnostic approach, envisage the potential complications and describe the treatment of the disease.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
Piette, Caroline
FRUSCH, Nicolas ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Pneumologie-Allergologie
DUYSINX, Bernard ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Pneumologie-Allergologie
Louis, Renaud ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Pneumologie - Allergologie
Language :
French
Title :
Le cas clinique du mois. Maladie de Carrington: pneumopathie chronique idiopathique à eosinophiles.
Alternative titles :
[en] Clinical case of the month. Carrington's disease: idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Publication date :
March 2014
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Volume :
69
Issue :
3
Pages :
126-31
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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