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Pulmonary eosinophilic vasculitis in a neonate with congenital chylothorax
Bernhard Resch1, Helmut H Popper, Berndt Urlesberger
1Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Graz, Austria. bernhard.resch@kfunigraz.ac.at
Pediatric Pulmonology
|May 10, 2002
Abstract:
We report a case of congenital bilateral chylothorax, complicated by pulmonary eosinophilic vasculitis and transient eosinophilia. Excluding all known forms of eosinophilic pulmonary disease either histologically or clinically, possible mechanisms of its etiology are discussed. Treatment with corticosteroids was successful, and after a prolonged clinical course the patient recovered by age 2 years.