Improvement of Pulmonary Eosinophilic Granuloma after Smoking Cessation in Two Patients

We encountered two cases in which pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma improved after cessation of smoking. The patient in case 1 was a 39-year-old woman. She smoked 10-15 cigarettes a day for 20 years. The patient in case 2 was a 19-year-old man. He smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 5 years. CT rev...

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Published inNihon Kyōbu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 1125 - 1129
Main Authors Igarashi, Tomofumi, Nakagawa, Akira, Nishino, Masahiko, Murakami, Seiji, Ohouchi, Hirofumi, Koseki, Takayuki, Yoshida, Yutaka, Hoshino, Hideaki, Imai, Yoshinari, Abe, Shosaku
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan The Japanese Respiratory Society 01.10.1995
Subjects
Adult
Computed tomography
Eosinophilic Granuloma - pathology
Eosinophilic Granuloma - therapy
Female
Histiocytosis X
Humans
Lung Diseases - pathology
Lung Diseases - therapy
Male
Remission
Remission Induction
Smoking Cessation
Therapy
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Summary:We encountered two cases in which pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma improved after cessation of smoking. The patient in case 1 was a 39-year-old woman. She smoked 10-15 cigarettes a day for 20 years. The patient in case 2 was a 19-year-old man. He smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 5 years. CT revealed cystic lesions and small nodular lesions predominantly in the upper and middle lung fields. Diagnosis was made by thoracoscopic lung biopsy in case 1 and by transbronchial lung biopsy in case 2. After smoking cessation, symptoms, CT findings, and vital capacity of both patients improved remarkably. Smoking cessation may have been related to the improvement in these patients.
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ISSN:0301-1542
1883-471X
DOI:10.11389/jjrs1963.33.1125