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Pulmonary eosinophilia associated with recent waterpipe smoking
1Department of Family Medicine, Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
2Department of Pulmonology, Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Düzce University Faculty of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey
Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology 2019; 21(3): 204-206 DOI: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_11_19
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Abstract

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is one of the causes of acute respiratory failure. Classical clinical picture includes acute febrile illness, bilateral pulmonary opacities, pulmonary eosinophilia, hypoxia, and pleuritic chest pain. We observed AEP with atypical presentation after recent waterpipe (hookah) smoking in our patient. We reported the case of a male with laboratory AEP findings without the typical clinical presentation which resolved after abstinence from waterpipe smoking.