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Yong: Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Lung Disease
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2008; 64(2): 75-79.

Published online: 29 February 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2008.64.2.75

Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Lung Disease

Suk Joong Yong, M.D.

Department of Pulmonology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Suk Joong Yong, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 162, Ilsan-dong, Wonju 220-701, Korea. Phone: 82-33-741-1232, Fax: 82-33-746-4667, sjyong@yonsei.ac.kr

Copyright © 2008 The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Diagnostic steps of eosinophilic lung disease.
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Table 1
Clinical classification of eosinophilic lung disease
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Table 2
Laboratory findings of eosinophilic lung disease
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ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; ECP: eosinophilic cationic protein; EDN: eosinophilic derived neurotoxin.

Table 3
Differential diagnosis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
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CEP: chronic eosinophilic pneumonia; COP: cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; AEP: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia; BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage.

Table 4
Differential diagonis of eosinophilic lung disease
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