Chemotherapy-induced eosinophilic pneumonia. Relation to bleomycin

Chest. 1985 Jul;88(1):103-6. doi: 10.1378/chest.88.1.103.

Abstract

Three cases of eosinophilic pneumonia are associated with bleomycin chemotherapy. As opposed to the more common picture of diffuse alveolar damage, these cases appear to represent a hypersensitivity reaction resembling eosinophilic pneumonia.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Bleomycin / adverse effects*
  • Dysgerminoma / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / chemically induced*
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Teratoma / drug therapy
  • Testicular Neoplasms / drug therapy

Substances

  • Bleomycin