Loeffler syndrome

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Loeffler's syndrome
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ICD-10	J82
ICD-9	518.3
DiseasesDB	7580
MedlinePlus	000105
MeSH	D011657

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]

Synonyms and keywords: Löffler's syndrome; pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia; simple pulmonary eosinophilia; cryptogenic eosinophilic pneumonia;

Löffler disease; Loffler pneumonia

Causes

• Ascaris lumbricoides
• Strongyloides stercoralis
• Ancylostoma duodenale
• Necator americanus