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Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia

MedGen UID:
4087
•Concept ID:
C0014458
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Eosinophilia, Tropical; Tropical Eosinophilia; Tropical Eosinophilias
SNOMED CT: Tropical eosinophilia (278484009); Filarial hypereosinophilia (278484009); Weingarten's syndrome (278484009); Eosinophilic lung (278484009); Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (278484009)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management.
Vijayan VK
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2007 Sep;13(5):428-33. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3281eb8ec9. PMID: 17940489
Re-examination of the diagnostic criteria of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Cooray JH, Ismail MM
Respir Med 1999 Sep;93(9):655-9. doi: 10.1016/s0954-6111(99)90106-3. PMID: 10542980
Persistent lower respiratory tract inflammation associated with interstitial lung disease in patients with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia following conventional treatment with diethylcarbamazine.
Rom WN, Vijayan VK, Cornelius MJ, Kumaraswami V, Prabhakar R, Ottesen EA, Crystal RG
Am Rev Respir Dis 1990 Nov;142(5):1088-92. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/142.5.1088. PMID: 2173455

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Case Report: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia Co-Occurrence Masquerading as Refractory Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis.
Singh M, Peter DK, Gupta S, Rani V V, Singh S
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2024 Mar 6;110(3):509-511. Epub 2024 Feb 13 doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0450. PMID: 38350129Free PMC Article
Acquired alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency in tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Ray D, Harikrishna S, Immanuel C, Victor L, Subramanyam S, Kumaraswami V
Indian J Med Res 2011 Jul;134(1):79-82. PMID: 21808138Free PMC Article
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia: a case series in a setting of nonendemicity.
Boggild AK, Keystone JS, Kain KC
Clin Infect Dis 2004 Oct 15;39(8):1123-8. Epub 2004 Sep 27 doi: 10.1086/423964. PMID: 15486834
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia in an Orissa village.
Kar SK, Mania J
Natl Med J India 1993 Mar-Apr;6(2):64-7. PMID: 8477211
Pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia revisited.
Meeker DP
Cleve Clin J Med 1989 Mar-Apr;56(2):199-211. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.56.2.199. PMID: 2659205

Diagnosis

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia--a review.
Mullerpattan JB, Udwadia ZF, Udwadia FE
Indian J Med Res 2013 Sep;138(3):295-302. PMID: 24135173Free PMC Article
Parasitic pulmonary eosinophilia.
Chitkara RK, Krishna G
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2006 Apr;27(2):171-84. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-939520. PMID: 16612768
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Ong RK, Doyle RL
Chest 1998 Jun;113(6):1673-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.113.6.1673. PMID: 9631810
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Ottesen EA, Nutman TB
Annu Rev Med 1992;43:417-24. doi: 10.1146/annurev.me.43.020192.002221. PMID: 1580599
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Enzenauer RJ, Underwood GH Jr, Ribbing J
South Med J 1990 Jan;83(1):69-72. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199001000-00022. PMID: 2405502

Therapy

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia--a review.
Mullerpattan JB, Udwadia ZF, Udwadia FE
Indian J Med Res 2013 Sep;138(3):295-302. PMID: 24135173Free PMC Article
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management.
Vijayan VK
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2007 Sep;13(5):428-33. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3281eb8ec9. PMID: 17940489
Parasitic pulmonary eosinophilia.
Chitkara RK, Krishna G
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2006 Apr;27(2):171-84. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-939520. PMID: 16612768
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Ottesen EA, Nutman TB
Annu Rev Med 1992;43:417-24. doi: 10.1146/annurev.me.43.020192.002221. PMID: 1580599
Pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia revisited.
Meeker DP
Cleve Clin J Med 1989 Mar-Apr;56(2):199-211. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.56.2.199. PMID: 2659205

Prognosis

Cardiac manifestations of parasitic diseases.
Nunes MC, Guimarães Júnior MH, Diamantino AC, Gelape CL, Ferrari TC
Heart 2017 May;103(9):651-658. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309870. PMID: 28285268
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia--a review.
Mullerpattan JB, Udwadia ZF, Udwadia FE
Indian J Med Res 2013 Sep;138(3):295-302. PMID: 24135173Free PMC Article
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Vijayan VK
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 1996 Jul-Sep;38(3):169-80. PMID: 8987291
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Ottesen EA, Nutman TB
Annu Rev Med 1992;43:417-24. doi: 10.1146/annurev.me.43.020192.002221. PMID: 1580599
Pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia revisited.
Meeker DP
Cleve Clin J Med 1989 Mar-Apr;56(2):199-211. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.56.2.199. PMID: 2659205

Clinical prediction guides

Eosinophils in filarial infections: Inducers of protection or pathology?
Ehrens A, Hoerauf A, Hübner MP
Front Immunol 2022;13:983812. Epub 2022 Oct 31 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.983812. PMID: 36389745Free PMC Article
The role of HRCT in Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia.
Angirish B, Jankharia B, Sanghavi P
Eur J Radiol 2020 Oct;131:109207. Epub 2020 Aug 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109207. PMID: 32823149
Cardiac manifestations of parasitic diseases.
Nunes MC, Guimarães Júnior MH, Diamantino AC, Gelape CL, Ferrari TC
Heart 2017 May;103(9):651-658. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309870. PMID: 28285268
How to diagnose and manage common parasitic pneumonias.
Vijayan VK
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2007 May;13(3):218-24. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3280f31b58. PMID: 17414130
Pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia revisited.
Meeker DP
Cleve Clin J Med 1989 Mar-Apr;56(2):199-211. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.56.2.199. PMID: 2659205

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