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Table 4 IAEP patient characteristics at diagnosis

From: Idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonia in children: the French experience

Patient

Clinical presentation

Biology

Imagery

 

Sex

Age at diagnosis (years)

Delay to diagnosis (days)

Atopic history

Active smoking

Passive smoking

Chronic exposure

Acute exposure

Initial blood Eo count/mm3

Maximal blood Eo count/mm3

Total IgE kU/L

Lymphocyte phenotype

ANA

BALF cellularity (cells/mm3)

BALF Eo

%

BALF lympho cytes %

BALF neutrophils %

BALF macro phages %

Chest X-rays

CT scan

1

M

15.9

4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dog, budgerigars

Cannabis

200

3100

nd

nd

_

350,000

38

16

18

28

AO, IO

AO, GGO, IST, BVT, PE

2

F

13.4

6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dog, cat

No

nd

680

54

Normal

_

70,000

26

11

33

30

AO,IO,PE

AO, PE

3

M

14.1

21

No

No

Yes

No

Teargas, vironet

7800

8500

20.2

nd

_

1,200,000

78

7

7

8

AO, IO

nd

  1. Footnote: F: female, M: male, nd: not determined, Eo: eosinophils, ANA: antinuclear antibodies, BALF: broncho-alveolar lavage fluid, AO: alveolar opacities, IO: interstitial opacities, PE: pleural effusion, GGO: ground-glass opacities, IST: interlobular septal thickening, BVT: peribronchiovascular thickening, in bold: diagnostic criteria.