Idiopathic Eosinophilic Pleural Effusion Treated Successfully with Corticosteroid Therapy: A Clinical Case Report

A pleural effusion is defined to be eosinophilic when 10% or more of the white blood cells in pleural fluid are eosinophils. Despite the multitude of studies enumerating the causes of eosinophilic pleural effusion (EPE), 14%-25% of such cases remain idiopathic even after thorough work-up. We report...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Tirtha M, Nepal, Gaurav, Shing, Yow K, Joshi, Amir, Pradhan, Ravi R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Allergy/Immunology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30967975
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3975

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30967975
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3975

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