| Literature DB >> 1496510 |
P I Oh1, M S Balter.
Abstract
A patient developed fever, bronchoconstriction, hypoxaemia, pulmonary infiltrates, and serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid eosinophilia on two occasions after inhaling crack cocaine. Transbronchial biopsy specimens showed normal lung parenchyma but a dense eosinophilic infiltrate within the bronchial wall. Both episodes resolved promptly after treatment with corticosteroids. Eosinophilic lung disease may be a steroid responsive complication of crack cocaine abuse.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1496510 PMCID: PMC463820 DOI: 10.1136/thx.47.6.478
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorax ISSN: 0040-6376 Impact factor: 9.139