The Korean Journal of Medicine

The Korean Association of Internal Medicine (대한내과학회)
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Acute eosinophilic pneumonia caused by passive smoking

간접흡연 후 발생한 급성 호산구폐렴 1예

Yoo, Kyung-Don;Jang, Won;Hong, Jin-Hee;Lee, Hyuk-Pyo;Choi, Soo-Jeon;Choi, Sang-Bong
유경돈;장원;홍진희;이혁표;최수전;최상봉

  • Published : 20091000
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Abstract

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration in the lungs, respiratory distress, a rapid therapeutic response to corticosteroids, and the absence of relapse. Some cases of AEP are caused by infections, drugs, and inhaled antigens. Cigarette smoking is considered a probable cause of AEP, as AEP has developed soon after starting to smoke in some patients and a challenge with cigarette smoking was positive in some patients. All reported patients with cigarette smoking‐induced AEP were active smokers, while no case of AEP caused by passive smoking has been reported. We present a case of AEP presumed to have been caused by passive cigarette smoking.

급성 호산구폐렴은 호산구의 폐 침윤에 의해 발생하는 질환이지만 원인과 기전은 아직 명확하지 않다. 직접적인 인과 관계가 밝혀져 있지 않지만 흡연도 급성 호산구폐렴의 한 원인으로 보고되고 있다. 직접흡연에 의해 발생한 급성 호산구폐렴에 대해 여러 보고가 있었으나 간접흡연자에게 발생한 예는 아직 없었다. 저자들은 병력 청취와 소변 코티닌 측정으로 확인 된 간접흡연에 의한 것으로 추정되는 급성 호산구폐렴 1예를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

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