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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Chest radiograph showing a non-homogeneous opacity in the right mid zone with perihilar patchy infiltrates in the left mid and lower zones. Transient pulmonary infiltrates or fleeting shadows that are characteristic of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis are visible[1].

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Roentgenograms of the Chest in Case 1 Taken on February 18, Three Weeks after the Onset of Symptoms (A), Showing a Diffuse Reticulonodular Infiltrate, and in June (B), Demonstrating Complete Clearing of the Infiltrate[2].

Eosinophilic Pneumonia

On this admission she was acutely ill, with dyspnea at rest. Occasional inspiratory rales were present over both apexes. No wheezes were heard. The chest roentgenogram showed peculiar bilateral densities, which appeared peripherally and suggested small pockets of pleural fluid (Fig. 7A)[3]


References

  1. Shah A, Panjabi C (2014). "Allergic aspergillosis of the respiratory tract". Eur Respir Rev. 23 (131): 8–29. doi:10.1183/09059180.00007413. PMC 9487274 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 24591658.
  2. BALDUS WP, PETER JB (1960). "Farmer's lung: report of two cases". N Engl J Med. 262: 700–5. doi:10.1056/NEJM196004072621403. PMID 13796151.
  3. Carrington CB, Addington WW, Goff AM, Madoff IM, Marks A, Schwaber JR; et al. (1969). "Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia". N Engl J Med. 280 (15): 787–98. doi:10.1056/NEJM196904102801501. PMID 5773637.


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