A CASE OF TRANSIENT SUCCESSIVE PULMONARY INFILTRATION (LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME) ASSOCIATED WITH TRICHINIASIS
Authors: James F. Slowey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 July 1944A CASE OF TRANSIENT SUCCESSIVE PULMONARY INFILTRATION (LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME) ASSOCIATED WITH TRICHINIASISJAMES F. SLOWEY, M.D.JAMES F. SLOWEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-1-130 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1932 William Loeffler,1 professor of medicine at the University of Zurich, described the syndrome that bears his name. Subsequently, in 1934, he reported 12 additional cases at the Fourth International Radiological Congress in Zurich and additional ones in 1936, a total of 51 cases.The salient features of the syndrome are transient, successive pulmonary infiltrations with eosinophilia. The pulmonary manifestations are variable, large or small areas of the lung being involved. It may be unilateral, bilateral, homogeneous or nodular. 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