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Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
R J Enzenauer1, G H Underwood, J Ribbing
1Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Southern Medical Journal
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia is an unusual pulmonary disorder caused by occult filariasis. Presentation can be varied and can mimic asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis, or atypical pneumonia. We have reported a case of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia mimicking lymphangitic carcinomatosis.