Table 1: Classification of the eosinophilic lung diseases.
Classification of the eosinophilic lung diseases |
1. Eosinophilic lung disease of undetermined cause a) Solitary Idiopathic chronic eosinophlic pneumonia Idiopathic acute eosinophlic pneumonia b) Associated with systemic disease Churg-Strauss Syndrome Hypereosinophilic Syndromes |
2. Eosinophilic Lung Disease of determined cause a) Eosinophilic pneumonias of parasitic origin Tropical eosinophilia Ascaris pneumonia Larva migrans syndrome Strongyloides stercoralis infection Eosinophilic pneumonias in other parasitic infectious b) Eosinophilic pneumonias in other infectious causes c) Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and related syndromes Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Other allergic bronchopulmonary syndromes associated with fungi or yeasts Bronchocentric granulomatosis d) Drug, toxic agents and radiation-induced eosinophilic pneumonias Drugs Toxic agents Eosinophilic pneumonia induced by radiation therapy to the breast |
3. Miscellaneous lung diseases with possible associated esosinophilia Organizing pneumonia Asthma and eosinophilic bronchitis Idiopathic intestitial pneumonias Langherans cell granulomatosis Lung transplantation Other lung diseases with occasional eosinophilia Sarcoidosis Paraneoplastic eosinophilic pneumonia |