INFILTRATIVE EOSINOPHILIA
Authors: A A CINTRON-RIVERA, R S DIAZ-RIVERA, M R GARCIA-PALMIERI, F RAMOS-MORALES, Z R SOTOMAYOR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 September 1956INFILTRATIVE EOSINOPHILIAR. S. DÍAZ-RIVERA, M.D., F.A.C.P., F. RAMOS-MORALES, M.D., M. R. GARCÍA-PALMIERI, M.D., Z. R. SOTOMAYOR, M.D., A. A. CINTRÓN-RIVERA, M.D.R. S. DÍAZ-RIVERA, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, F. RAMOS-MORALES, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, M. R. GARCÍA-PALMIERI, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, Z. R. SOTOMAYOR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. A. CINTRÓN-RIVERA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-3-459 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptLoeffler's original description of the syndrome that bears his name1, 2has been followed by numerous publications. Modalities and gradients of apparently the same syndrome, differing mainly in the extent and duration of the pulmonary infiltrations and the persistence of clinical manifestations, have been subjects for extensive speculation. These have been complicated by the numerous names and eponyms that have appeared in the literature, among others: tropical eosinophilia,3acute febrile eosinophilic asthma,4eosinophilic infiltration of the lungs,5familial eosinophilia,6eosinophilic asthma,7Weingarten's syndrome,8pseudotuberculosis of the lungs,9benign eosinophil leukemia (Treu),10pulmonary acariasis,11eosinophilic lung,12pulmonary eosinophiliosis,13eosinophilia with splenomegaly,14...Bibliography1. Loeffler W: Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungeninfiltrierungen: Über flüchtige Succedan-Infiltrate (mit Eosinophilie), Beitr. z. Klin. Tuberk. 79: 368, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Loeffler W: Die flüchtigen Lungeninfiltrate mit Eosinophilie, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr. 66: 1069, 1936. Google Scholar3. 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