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Disease pneumonia
Phenotype C0008680|chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
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PubMedID- 24594228 Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia occurs predominantly in middle-aged women and non-cigarette smokers, which leads to the speculation that environmental antigens, particularly in the home, contribute to the etiology.
PubMedID- 23091327 Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (cep), a rare eosinophilic lung disease of unknown etiology, is characterized by peripheral blood eosinophilia and abnormal eosinophil accumulation in the lungs (1).
PubMedID- 21223571 Bronchial asthma and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (cep) have been associated with decreased serum cc-10, while patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (iip) demonstrated increased levels of cc-10 in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (bal) fluid [4].
PubMedID- 26029512 Although it can be argued that a longer duration of symptoms may lead to confusion with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, the average duration of symptoms in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is significantly longer (19.7 weeks) and the disease characteristics are distinct [13].
PubMedID- 25741095 At chest computedtomography, chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is characterized by peripheral, homogeneousair space consolidation, while in churg-strauss syndrome, the consolidation tends topresent a lobular distribution, with frequent presence of centrilobular nodules andground glass opacities(7).
PubMedID- 24991461 P previous cases of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia and chronic urticaria treated with anti-ige therapy were reported.26,27 anti-ige therapy results in the rapid reduction of free ige levels and the down-regulation of fcεri on basophils, mast cells, and other inflammatory cells.

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